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COOPERATIVE CANNING
OF CRANBERRIES
began in New Jersey in 1929. Ninety growers, most of whom were
members of Growers Cranberry Company, purchased Mrs. Lee's established
business and organized Cranberry Products Inc. to can New
Jersey cranberries.
The following year this was merged with the Makepeace and
Urann interests to form the large cooperative, Cranberry Canners, Inc.
GROWERS CRANBERRY COMPANY, INC.
PEMBERTON, NEW JERSEY
-WISCONSIN MOVES FORWARD —
Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company gives the
growers cultural and technical help with their
cranberry problems.
Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
BEGINNING THE 5th YEAR
OF STEADY MEMBERSHIP GROWTH
On July 1, CCI began its 5th year of continuous, month-aftermonth
membership growth.
Since July, 1941, it has been our privilege to welcome 506 new
members into cooperative canning. Of these, 238 were from Washington,
46 from Oregon, 206 from Massachusetts, and 12 from New Jersey.
This continuous membership growth is strong evidence that more
and more growers are becoming sold on cooperative canning. They
see the savings which canning brings them . . . they see the longer
cranberry season which canning creates . . . they see the new products
which canning makes . . . they see the increasing returns which
canning earns for their berries. They know that cooperative canning
has helped to take the ups and downs out of cranberry marketing, and
to make every year a good year. They know that through CCI they
find a market for ALL their berries . . . not only the best but all the
rest.
To help insure the continuance of these benefits, 506 new members
joined Cranberry Canners, Inc., during the past 4 years, and still more
new members have started our 5th year of steady membership growth.
If you are not enjoying the benefits of cooperative canning, why
not look into these benefits -a little more thoroughly? Growers producing
more than 80% of the nation's cranberry crop are members
of CCI. What benefits so large a majority will also benefit you.
CRANBERRY CANNERS, Inc.
The Growers' Cooperative Canning Company
Hanson, Mass. Onset, Mass. Plymouth, Mass. Dennis, Mass.
Coquille, Oregon New Egypt, N. J. North Chicago, Ill. No. Harwich, Mass.
Markham, Wash. Bordentown, N. J. Gurnee, Ill. Long Beach, Wash.
ADAMS & BEAN CO. E. T. Gault
| Lumber Dealers |Cape & Vineyard Transportation Co.
"Everything Under Cover" i, Wareham, Mass.
East Wareham, Mass. Electric Company Tel. 227
Tel. Wareham 648 We are ready to give you
Offices: any kind of cranberry bog
construction service. Shovel
Building Material for Bog, Chatham -bulldozer-trucking -
Screenhouse and Home Uses Falmouth stump pulling-excavating
-draghauling canal and
_____ Hyanis ditch digging.
Vineyard Haven We have Sand, Loam and Gravel
Paints-Hardware
We Transport Cranberries
Established 1848
Marinette & Hall & Cole Wood
lHall & Cole
Menominee Box Co. Incorporated C u
Marinette, Wisconsin Commission Merchants Y
and Jobbers
BOXES, BOX SHOOKS, CRATINGand Jobbers Natonal
WIREBOUND BOXES AND CRATES 94 Faneuil Hall Market 102
BOSTON, MASS.
M & M's 64th Year Bank
________ APPLES AND CRANBERRIES
SPECIALTIES Wisconsin Rapids,
Serving the Wisconsin Wisconsin
Cranberry Growers
Car Lot Receivers MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT
INSURANCE CORPORATION
CROP-SAVER The The
National Bank PLYMOUTH
INSECTICIDES NATIONAL BANK
FUNGICIDES Plymouth
For the Cranberry Grower Wareham Massachusetts
CROP-SAVER
CHEMICAL COMPANY, Inc. Wareham, Mass.
2630 West Arthington St. Member Federal Deposit
Chicago 12, Illinois MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT Insurance Corporation
INSURANCE CORPORATION
—
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MASSACHUSETTS
Call We Real Estator
WAREHAM
162 WVVestern Cranberr
S PG o Or Tel Manomet 44-R
rOWerS
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Packard & Co. with of Cranberry Properties
Hardware'-Locksmiths
dware-Locksmiths High Quality Products
For Maintenance in
Suppliesnce
Rotenone ELECTRICAL WORK
Pyrethrum
SabadillJ'n Riillrir^^*-At Screenhouses Bogs and
l. a
Diesel Bulldozer Sabadillaction
Nicotine
E. C. HOWES Nicotine ALFRED PAPPI
YYCopper Sprays
WEST WAREHAM, MASS. Oil Sprays
Lime Sulphur Solution
Gfa.HO.l l\^ WAREHAM, MASS. Tl.
Tel. Wareham 405-W-2 but he is now recovering. The
Miller Proened by a slip-
Experiencedilln Worpay rBU ping girth and charged around,
Portland 1, Oregon
American Cranberry Exchange
Contact Us D Alkl K BhasIDP^ received an inquiry from Sec-
Contactretary of the Ketchikan Chamber
Massachusett Native of Commerce, Ketchikan, Alaska,
WnKlINKLEKODC hundred cranberry cuttings for
PioeeUssi on
orPioneers in plots and asking "what variety
,fr Cranberry Frost Protection would grow best in the colder lati-Cranberry andof Alaska, mature fairly
WhiteJfhite Pine Used SPRI N KLERS planting some experimental
RJCranberryJ. and Irrigation early, and produce fair-sized ber-
Data from ries." In an exchange of corres-Boxes•^^Q ^°'° '^'" pondence the Exchange has offered
Rain Bird Sprinkler Mfg, . Manager Goldsworthy of Wisconi
i ^^\l r^ r Calif. Cranberry Sales. Keith Ben
rGlendora, sin
F•H, CJOLE Oienaoranett of Wisconsin, who was for-
Established NsoUI7Li I " C, and who is captain the
Oi now a in
Manufacturer of Peri Ill U. S. Army, located in Alaska, it
Wooden Boxes and Shooks Peoria, Ill. is hoped may be able to be of helpNorth Carver, Mass. Oregon-Washington to the Ketchican Chamber in its
Tel. 46-5 OREGON CULVERT &PIPE experimental cranberry interest.
Portland, Oregon
quested an item be inserted in New Jersey cranberry grower of
CRANBERRY SCOOPS CRANBERRIES cautioning cran-ocean county, has been elected
and I berry growers to "please not take president of the New Jersey Agri-
and any hasty pot-shots at any c Soc ...
SCREENINGS strange-looking animal they see E C M r L Haines
prowling about their bogs." These E. Clyde McGrew, Lester Haines
are the words of the professor of of the Exchange and J. D. Holman
berries in Eng'and as pre-war, is botany, University of Illinois-not Haven Ex change club at Ships
is obtainable, as Melville C. Bea-studies of alkaline and hard and showed slides on growing and
ton, Beaton's Distributing Agency, w igeo cranberries in Massa-
Wareham, has received inquiries —-"^^' ^ ^ „ „ ^ chusetts and Wisconsin. Mr. Holfrom
the Dennis Brokerage Coin-man also spoke. The Exchange
pany in New York concerning the William F. Huffman of Wiscon-club consists of a lively group of
prospects of getting six or se~'en sin Rapids, cranberry grower, edi-civic-minded Ocean County citicars
of berries for shipment to tor of Wisconsin Rapids Daily zens, living along the seashore,
that country. The amount shipped Tribune, and president of Wiscon-who are interested in backing impre-
war was usually a thousand sin Network, Inc., had the unfor-provements for the island combarrels
or so. tunate experience of being kioLked munity. The group was very at
.** * * * down by one of his saddle horses, tentive and enjoyed the presenta-
Three
of interest ifn the "growing of cran-
berries in New Jersey and the
possibilities of rehabilitation in
cranberries for returning service
men.
** * *
Staff Sergeant Marcus Urann,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl B. Urann
of Wareham, Mass., who has been
meteorologist with headquarters
group, Second Air Division in Eng-
langroup,is home on a 30-day furlough
lanr isavimeen a 30t-day flontuh
after having been in that country
nearly three years. At the con-
clusion of his furloughAt will
the re
oin his group for further assign-
ment. Sgt. Urann made ther trip
home by air, landing at B-radley
Field, Windsor Locks, Conn. One
of the first things he did at home
was to visit some of the bogs, and
his~-eomment is "does it seem good
to see them again!"
*a *** ·
No final results of the tests of
DDT and hormone weed-killers as
carried out at Mass. State bog are
yet ready for announcements, but
Dr. Alfred Weed of the John M.
Powell Company, insecticides, and
Dr. Franklin both agree that DDT
had remarkably effective kill upon
gypsy moths and the kill upon bees
is apparently less severe in long
range aspect than was anticipat-
ed. It is the toxicity upon human
beings of this new powerful in-
secticide that is now under partic-
ular consideration and this fact
will be a feature of Dr. Weed's
talk before the Cape Growers' As-
sociation meeting the 21st.
BUY WAR BONDS-
Cape Cod Cranberry Growers t Association
Meeting August 21
The 58th annual meeting of Cape
Cod Cranberry Growers Associa-
tion, President Homer L. Gibbs, is
to be held August 21st, Tuesday,
at the Massachusetts State Bog.
As this goes to press the program
for this important cranberry meet-
ing is definitely nebulous, but it is
expected the usual instructive
talks wig be presented, election of
officers held, and C. D. Stevens will
make his official 1945 crop esti-
mate
There will be speakers from
Massachusetts State College, in-
eluding, it is hoped, Dr. Fred J.
Sievers, director Extension Ser-
Mor Jamaicans
Bring Total In
Mass. To 4able
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Additional Jamaicans numbering
265 are expected to be available
for the Massachusetts harvest, ar-
riving September 1. At present
there are approximately 160 men
at Camp Manuel in Plymouth em-
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poyed by the growers. This new
consignment will make a total of
425, which considerably exceeds'
the capacity of the camp to house.
CRANBERRY BOG SPRAYING SERVICE
FOR HIRE
TO MASSACHUSETTS GROWERS
SPRAYERS ON TRUCKS, WITH ONE EXPERI-
ENCED OPERATOR TO EACH TRUCK
Growers to Furnish Spray Material and Men to
work with our Operator
Rates for this service available at our offices
Wianno Ave. 25 Eastern Ave.
Osterville, Mass. Dedham, Mass.
Tel. Osterville 688 Tel. Dedham 1540
ALDRICH TREE SERVICE, Inc.
LANDSCAPE FORESTRY
Four
At East Wareham
vice and Willard Munson; also Dr.
Franklin, Dr. Bergman, and Dr.
Neil E. Stevens, who is on the
Cape for the summer, Fred Cole,
Massachusetts Commissioner of
Agriculture, Dr. Hugh H. Bennett
of the U. S. Water and Soil Conservation
Service, Dr. Alfred Weed,
chief entomologist of John M.
Powell & Company, New York insecticide
house, Congressman Chas.
L. Gifford, and others.
Arrangements for the dinner
are in progress and will be as satisfactory
as can be obtained in
these times of acute food scarcity
in Massachusetts.
Some of these new workers will
of necessity have to be housed in
growers' quarters, and growers
to' house this help are being
requested to do so. Growers who
have been housing help have already
indicated the numbers they
will need for harvest. There is
stil a surplus and a survey is being
made by Frank T. White of
the Brockton office Extension Serv
t ascertain the individual
vice, to ascertain the individual
growers' needs.
This does not mean that generally
speaking the supply of Jamaicans
is sufficient to fill the expect
ed demand, as it is not. However,
Extension Service is reasonably
confident that this additional allo
cation will be made to the growers,
and will help out to that extent.
GROSSMAN'S
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OF
SERVICE
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Paints
Hardware
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Entered as second-class matter January 26, 1943, at the post office at Wareham, Massachusetts, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
FRESH FROM THE FIELDS By C.J. H.
MASSACHUSETTS S U RVEY N. E. SALES VOTES 40% PROCESSED,
f["Between 400-500,000"-Crop 60% FRESH, CROP ALLOCATION
prospects as July ended had been
whittled down from an over-opti
whmism at blooming time to a gen-During the past month the Sur-After reviewing all available
consensus as Committee crops
mism eral of opinion "be-vey "Joint of 8" has statistics of the cranberry
tween 400 and 500 thousand bar-had no occasion to ca'l any meet-for the past five years and other
rels", a rough estimate, but re-ing and so has taken no action of figures relative to tne disposition
flecting the uncertainty. Although any kind, although steps relating of the crops of those years it is
growers have been fooled before to the survey have been made by further recommended by this
hope rises high with a heavy blos-cooperatives. committee that for the season
som, and that was the case this A special committee consisting of 1945 the crop to be market',d
year and the set (all late water of three, L. B. R. Barker and Ruel by the Cooperative interests be
not determined) cut down the pic-S. Gibbs, past presidents, and E. allocated on the basis of 40%'
ture materially. With good grow-L. Bartholomew, appointed to work for processing purposes and
ing conditions in August and un-with A. D. Benson. manager of 60% for sales on the fresh mar-
til the crop is picked there was N. E. Sales, to draft a plan (the ket.
still quite common opinion that the Benson plan) for a "National As-It is further recommended
crop might rise toward 500,000, but sociation of Cranberry Cooperat-that monthly reports of de livmost
probably guessed "nearer ives." has held one meeting and eries be tabulated and distrib400
than 500,, with 450-475 at the made some progress, and the di-uted to participating parties and
00than500bestwith.450-475at th rectors of N. E. Sales Co. have on or about December 1st a re-
best. ______ voted upon the allocation of the view of the disposition of thec
¶[Set Not as Heavy as Bloom-1945 crop, this to be on the basis crop be made and necessary ad-
Main causes for the lack of set of 40 per cent for processing pur-justments in percentages be con-
to correspond to the bloom, in the poses and 60 per cent for sales on summated, under the direction of
opinion of Dr. Franklin, were the the fresh market. the Committee of Eight
extremely warm temperatures in These two matters, together LeBaron R. Barker, Chairman.
March, too much rainfall in May with crop allocation of the Grow-This action was then voted by
and June and there was also too ers' Cranberry Company when directors, although the vote -was
much rain in the first half of voted by the New Jersey group not unanimous.
July. Many attributed the lack and the allocation of the Wiscon-Since the major cooperatives of
of set to the downpour of rain and sin Cranberry Sales Company, the industry have voted the Booz,
high winds of the fringe of the which in June voted this division Allen & Hamilton survey definite
tropical storm which hit New this year be along the lines rec-changes have and are taking place.
England June 26 and 27. These ommended by the Committee of 8, Special agreements of tLe New
point out that bogs which had will be taken up when the next England Cranberry Sales Com-
set considerably before that storm meeting of the Joint Committee of nany concerning canning are no
look much better than those which 8 is called, Chairman Atwood says. longer in effect.
were in fullest bloom during the Wisconsin Sales holds its regular N. E. directors have passed a
storm with set not accomplished summer meeting August 11th. vote of instruction to the clerk of
to much extent. There was a Allocation of the crop of N. E. the company to send a resume of
super-abundance of pinheads re-Sa'es was left by unanimous vote action of all future directors'
ported very widely. of directors in the hands of the meetings to members so that the
Canning Committee and the man-latter may be more fully advised
1TBig Berries-Dr. Franklin be-ager. Acting under this, three regarding the affairs of the comlieves
Massachusetts berries in meetings were held and the re-pany as carried on at directors'
general will be large, again due to sults have been set forth as fol-meetings, and this Mr. Benson is
the high March temperatures, and lows: doing.
apparently of fairly good keeping The Canning Committee of Continuing forward steps are
quality. the New England Cranberry being taken by the company in
Sales Co. recommends that for service to members, both as re
¶fFruitworm Very Light-Fruit-the season of 1945 some alloca-gards packing facilities and crop
worm infestation in general has tion of the cranberry crop mar-production. Directors are considbeen
rather light, in fact on most keted by the Cooperative inter-ering ways and means for the
bogs extremely so, a great many ests be made as between sup-company to better serve its membogs
having abnormally light in-plies for the fresh market and bership. This includes plans to
festations. A few individual in-supplies for processing pur-increase the membership and in
(Continued on Page 16) poses, (Continued on Page 13)
Five
Hbe f^I IIIAthei ii
ame on Managesd«• at M J.M .
J II »»
Fuller-Harmmond roperties
Also Personal Bogs of Late Father, I. C. Hammond, and
Two of His Own-Is Director of N. E. Cranberry Sales
Company.
-__________
By CLARENCE J. HALL
Robert Cushman Hammond, son of the late Irving C. Hammond,, who
nanages the about 210 acre properties of the Fuller-Hammond Com-
pany, the 40 or so acres personally owned by his father, and operates a
couple of small bogs strictly his own, gives to the business of cranberry
growing the full regard due it. A director of New England Cranberry
Sales Company, he is one of the most serious-minded of the younger
Massachusetts growers. Right now he is one of the busiest.
The rush of -his present activities is due partly to the fact that the
bogs he tends to are in three counties and because the war has taken
away many of the men upon whom he formerly depended for assistance.
This summer sees, for him, the tightest situation of the war. He is
conducting the affairs of these many bog acres without a single executive
assistant. All the worries, from those of the exceedingly "trying"
spring frost season this year, to the decisions regarding insect and weed
Hurried, but not "harried", he
covers a triangle of bogs. He
slides along one side of this tri-
angle the 50 or more miles from
the Pine Island bog in Mashpee,
Barnstable county to the Norton
bog in Bristol; along the second
side to the Smalley bog in Ware-
ham-Carver and on to the Boot
Pond bog near Plymouth, about 40
miles; from Boot Pond down to
Mashpee, a distance of some 40
miles also.
He regards the extreme short-
age of help as not quite so unfor-
tunate as it would be if some
of the bogs were in position to
bear higher crops than they are.
This is because of a program of
root grub control by water which
takes a certain percentage out of
production each year and to the'
fact that some were severely hurt
in the great 1943-44 winterkill.
This, however, does not mean
any less work, except in the har-
vesting and shipping. In the in-
terim in both these phases of
working toward full recovery, he
feels good progress is being made.
It will also be a happier day for
him when more labor (it is hoped)
will be available to restore most
Massachusetts bogs to their for-
mer condition, with weeds well
controlled,
As I. C. Hammond entered the
cranberry fie'd in a small way in
the 1880s, many of his holdingsadvancing in age. In the nat-
ural course of events they have
been subjected to the "strains and
stresses" of long production and
$i
some bogs. It is held that root-
grub seldom attacks bogs in Mas-
sachusetts less than 20 years old,
and as Massachusetts bogs have
gone into decades of operation,
root grub is becoming an increas-
ing problem. The situation ap-
plies to many older bogs. Dr.
Franklin has come to regard root-
grub as one of the more pressing
problems of present-day Massachu-
setts cranberry growing. He has
estimated root grub has taken as
high as 200,000 barrels from the
potential crop in some years. The
grub is a menace which he feels
many growers have not yet recog-
nized as fu'.ly as they will have to.
"Bob" thamm ndhsu r oea
ato f t gband has goneafer it.
Program for Root Grub
Dr. Franklin's recommendation
for the cure of root and white
grub is to let the water off earlyin April, keep the ditches dry un-
til May 12, and reflood until about
July 15-killing the grub, but at
the cost of the crop for the year.
Treatment by sodium cyanide is
recommended for small areas in-
fested. Hammond, who has some
large infected areas to control, is
putting his faith in the water pro-
gram, principally, rather than cya-
nide, although he uses both.
"I swear by water for control of
root grub", he says. "I know I
am getting results from puttingthe infested areas under water. I
have learned by experience that I
can kill root grub this way. Cya-
crop, but in my own experience
I have found water more effective."
He is maintaining a program of
keeping 30 or more acres under
water for this two-month period
each year and this has run as high
as 80 acres.. Since such a cure
takes the og out of production
-are'loath to take the step and
growers owning a single bog are
not always able to forego an entire
year's bog income. Hammond,
however, has taken th'e bull by the
of this water control method. A
few other large growers are doing
likewise. The entire 160-acre
Makepeace-Wankinquoah bog was
under this year and so was con
siderable acreage of the J. J.
Beaton Company.
That his program is successful
is proven by well-vined areas, formerly
infested, as the area of the
Smalley bog in the accompanying
photo, with newly-set vines in the
patch in the foreground, covering
a small corner completely'rebuilt.
The Smalley Bog
The Smalley bog of the'Fullercontrol,
are his own.Company, of some 60
Hammond
acres, was begun as one of the
earlier bogs of Plymouth County.
A date on a flume there was recorded
as 1883. It was purchased
by the company from James A.
Smalley of Wareham, and others in
1906. These owners bought it
from A. D. Makepeace in December
1884. The bog is located
mostly in Wareham, near Tihonet,
although a part of it is in Carver.
A Little About
James Anthony Smalley
James Anthony Smalley, born in
Brewster, and died in Wareham
April 8, 1909, aged 82 years, was
one of the better-known Cape
growers of the past century who,
making a success of cranberries on
the Cape in a small way, saw
greater advantages in Plymouth
county, and so took part in the
cranberry development of the
Wareham-Carver and Rochester
area. Brewster tradition has it
firmly that his father, AnthonySmalley, was the first to cultivate'
cranberries in that town. AnthonySmalley had a bog in West Brewster
on present Route 6 toward
Dennis. Older Brewster residents
say this was once a great peat bogand quantities of peat were cut
for fuel. There is still a largehole from which the peat had been
taken. Peat in early days was
the principal -fuel for Brewster,
Orleans, Eastham, communities on
the lower Cape where no good
firewood in sufficient quantity was
available.
In building these Wareham
CRANBERRIES PHOTO
The Smalley bog showing heavy vine growth after flooding treatment, with a small corner entirely rebuilt. (Note Photo
incorrectly captioned "Smalley Bog Screenhouse" in last month's issue, was actually at the Carver bog of the Smith-Hammond
Company.
cranberry experience with them, never "not enough", Robert Ham-mouth and West Barnstable.
the fathers of some having been mond has found in his experience, There is now no resident foreman
growers before them, as did Smal-realizing that too much water at the Sma ley, but one by the
ley. James Anthony had appar-which can't be gotten rid of as de-day, "Tony" Jesus.
ently been a considerable grower sired can be as bad as a too scanty It is on the Smalley that Ham-
on the Cape. He owned bog not supply. Flowage is by gravity, mond has most intensively appliedonly in Brewster, but in Dennis as although two electric pumps and the water cure program. It is
well. When he first began it one gasoline are used to recover chiefly from the excellent results
would be hard to determine, but water when recovery is needed for he has already obtained in bring-
he was among the Brewster tax re-use. Water is held back by one ing infested sections back to nor-
payers for cranberry bog in 1860, of the longest dams in the indus-mal vines that he is so certain root
which is as far back as Brewster try. Flowage for ordinary frost grub can be beaten when tackled
tax records are available. He was can be obtained by starting water with determination by the water
not the largest owner in acreage, at eight or nine in the evening, flood method.
but in 1859 he had been the larg-although for heavy freezes earlier B
est producer in Brewster. This is preparation is necessary. A num-oron og
shown by a list of Cape growers ber of good sand pits scattered Fuller-Hammond's Norton bog,
in the Yarmouth Register, Nov. about supply ample sand at con-115 acres, is one of relatively few
11, 1859, which gave their produc-venient locations. bogs in Bristol county and one of
tion and prices received. Smalley The Smalley bog is set to about the few inland bogs in Massachutopped
the Brewster list with 90 35 acres of Early Blacks, 20 of setts. It is located just off "Old
barrels, which brought him $990. Howes, and the rest odd varieties, Bay road", an early turnpike from
As a matter of record, the total including some of the Smalley Boston to Taunton, with stone
Brewster crop for that year was Howe of the builder, Round or markers giving the date 1773.
322½2 barrels and the total income "Tom" Howes, and McFarlins. A Running along Mulberry Brook,
to the town's growers was $3,848. large screenhouse (now somewhat the bog was built by Mr. Ham-
Mr. Smalley was the developer hurricane-damaged and awaiting mond in about 1910.
of the "Smalley Howe", this va-repairs when labor and material The Norton bog is an unusuallyriety being developed by him, old are more plentiful) handles the long and narrow bog, practically a
Cape residents have said, from crop from this bog and also berries mile long, perhaps 1500 feet at its
vines he obtained from 'Bassett from the Agawam at East Ware-widest part and 300 feet across at
Swamp" in East Dennis, the same ham and from Pine Island. There its narrowest. The lower secswamp
from which came the reg-are four Bailey separators and tions extend along a narrow valu'ar
late Howe. provision for nine women sorters. ley, although the upper end-the
The Smalley the Norton bog a sim-much Bog
BoAt there is main bogs-is wider.
The Sme ilar screenhouse for processing the is al gravity flow from a good-
The Smalley bog has a good berries there. In certain years sized reservoir. It is about half
water supply from a reservoir Hammond has had New England set to Early Blacks and half to
which is filled mostly by natural Cranberry Sales Co. screen and Howes. In its inland location, the
drainage and from springs. There pack a part of the crop through Norton bog has a summer of high-
is never "too much water" and the company screenhouses at Ply-er temperatures than nearer the
Seven
was
worried about its appearance last
quickly, and while Hammond
and the larger Jenkins Hole bog
PHOTO FCRANBERRIEStion to getall the bogs under his
~~~~~~~~OldNew Eng~~IslandAbovt farmNorton Boga te
house at Norton bog. head
growingbutnolonger rea ViHammond,
~~~~~coast,~~sea-of who has not Robert Hammond, born n Onset,
~~~~~~~~~~watson. oulast killing should theattended Warehamfalwhyl, schools being
soned
houseonthewhaterepropertythe whileonanother adjoining ,ionthen attenceded tidwsschool
e9, os-
his son, Eino, Fourth smallest injuremployed
~~~~~~~~aisEdwinNieme,and and company He have been summers
The is employed. Pine acres
~~~~~~~~~~~~housevey nearly the heart of the to Jsmall H boengered
~~~~~~Balsoscreen-bog, Island9 other part tmeaboutheb fathers,
1931.
~~~~~~~~~~arhouses
~and Mash largnumbernkin ole
(more used for theworkersCape, is now onal" "eeon bogso
formerly than present)best-bearing of the Companyter po1 nd s
are ~bothat
~~~~~bogis the largest~inb completely, PlymNorton. about four
There but wooas
~~~~~~~~~arel~~miin the reg-several ePrly bogs
196 after it had been u.der water
~~~~~~~~~~~Theion.about fifteen The Eleanor, andchRobert
for years. sub-Sylvia,
always hammondbog has occurred when~~uNortona drain at aes ammonre
the mergencelf~~~~~~~yrecorda good producing the lower end His interest is i the
of being brokeg, and the water major un
it, from Mashpeeive of
bog.Apartformerlyof in-river, which is high-gowingacres, the fromuit rather thand-of
is than ~ be a-nd
bog. ovefA ottenandhandsomeoff, repairs not being made~~~~~~~~~~~ovinedfais offourthe industry. Thi does
tf~~~ ~ now~well~ er ~ byrootgrub,bog ~level,~,estedcould not in the marketing or in geneuzzardsBay,
~~~~ ~~ham,to of it was that mean a
~~~~pput underly~con-the dam at time. A not fortionthat he thinks mirower
~trolfloodthis year new now cavare Wathein what be-Long
~~C. drain takes of should be uninterested
Earlyto aPond it. was a
entireDucyBlacks produced bogHe knows rowerly
Thirdof largestcoa-bog 60 7 must interest, pathis
the producing bogetween andnd builar-retain but theby
25 in to acre, Agawam, mechaniculs intricacies sell
~~~~~~~~~~~~~panyacres,~~Thisres the and is a beautt bothe and of
~~~~~~~~~~Warehammond.is from Mashpee river cooperative asItAgawamlong as he it-classcon-
is the only
four which does ot ~~~~~~~~~, of the ditionevinced this is being done satisfacgravity
flow57~~~~*have.'4e\ Hammond 1938, he rebuilt deal. Set
pump.by a gasoline Bob considerIt asmovedammondhis forward
The Hammond is not is i e-
propertycoveredcan t joCRANBERRIESthe of tionpressingget bogsbu the
be principal carePHOTO these to hi allbeliefs, ir
averagOld frost England hourst are oit
New in about six compan bogs. But they only due course of conversation de-
of rootnger grubowing who ofalso the bogs which hasC. Hammond convictio theOns
very severely hit by the extra ersonally owned, inout he is berry He has turned
coainfest, buations sea-Hammond, ber. concerning cran
whichllindustry. a
housdinary winterkillt of years ago. tionandownere are undother radjoiinnghiwas the n inattendedschool
wo the apert whilech 1929mind Bos
erbuldingsof thiskilling ex-One of these,olderof problemwas ever since. He is ma r-t
wproperty.e his supervision. cranberriesan his
bogtremelythespotty, to t Norton.puzzlementTheacres, tenin is completelyknown as rebuilast o ned h wife the strongrmer
is being has
This bog, as an opder bog, aLuo has part of his worries. There are velops that he has very definite
Eighi
convictions to what is right
and what is wrong for the indus-
try.
He is certain the industry has
not begun to rea.ize its limits and
that two or three times the quantity
of cranberries now available
can be grown and successfully
marketed-barring, perhaps, an
inevitable "bad" market year now
and then. The new phase of
fruit shipment, that by air, inter-
ests him in its possible adaptation
to cranberries. He believes too
much of the freshness of top qual-
ity fruit is often lost to distant
markets through slow shipments.
He would like to see this new mode
of produce transportation given
c onsideration hen
wu such transpo-
tation-now being tried out on a
few fruits and vegetables-is gen-
erally available. He would like to
see this gone into and figures pre-SAU
er than the unwaxed, will beclosely
observed "just in case", to see
what develops as the season goes
along-if anything.
Production at Carver Bogs
Top production record in recent
years was in 1942 when 6000 barrels
were harvested from about
65 acres, 13 acres being out of
bearing, due to extensive rebuilding
program. In 1943 about
4,000 barrels were harvested from
70 acres, the remainder still out
because of renovation. Last year
the crop was 1400 barre's from 50
acres, the rest still not bearing
because of renovation or put out
of production from terrific winterkill
thein '43-'44 winter. The bogs
run about 25 per cent Blacks and
75 per cent Howes.
THE ANTUIT BOGS
fe wa
The Santuit ha s made uwa
supply, good in comparison with
bog, any flowage again being n-
pared showing whether it would
be practical or not from the cost
standpoint, withtests whether
such strictly fresh cranberries,
maybe picked on Cape day
the one
and on market inCaorna
the of
the next, would induce
the consum-
er to pay a premium price. Like
almost every other grower, he is
interested in qro-post-war
the
cessing of cranberries and also
deeply interested in what may de-
velop for cranberries through
quick freeze.
e l
From th cultura end of cram
berry growing, is interested
he in
the possibilities of sprinkler sys-
temnstems for Massachusetts bogs. He
expects he may give sprotinkers a
trial himself on certain areas
which he has already mentally
selected. He questions the value
of sprinklers indiscriminately used
on whole big acreages, but be-
he believes partilar pa
they haves
lieaes ovthey hve major pHswesb,
ities for the growers on certain
bogs. with
Because of his experiences
varieties he would be definitely
inclined to use Early B'ack for
resetting or building new bogs, at
least "on the Cape", and by the
s called, which he has seen.
Cape he would include the Ware-
ham-Carver area. He is also in-
terested in a patient way in a ber-
ry which his father had developed,
this being a Round Howe, which
he believes has particular adivant-
over most "Round Howes",
along
Cthrough
SYLVIA HAMMOND
wades in Norton reservoir
gr coming
Santuit Pond. There is no need
tirely by avity, out of
for reuse of water there, nor even
too careful conservation. The bog
is 55-60 per cent Howes and 40-45
Blacks
Santuit, like Carver, is made up
of a number of small units, set in
little pockets, among hillslittle
much more abrupt than usually
found around Massachusetts eran
Massachusetts cranberry
bogs. There are nine pieces
in all, every one linked by a canal
system, from which water is taken
desired. toll
foff^^^^asres use f ^^werEven ffrost fowage
staff at East Wareham. The
whole field of cranberry agronomy
must be given the thorough con-
sideration it deserves, with so
many Massachusetts bogs "getting
along in years."
Ca
m
hammo
HammOnd
Hammon
-
mi-
and rSmith-
Becauseof his experienceswith (DWxFrostjob, as t rebogs
Company
clt
no s
"almost flow themselves.
Again as at Carver each piec e
has its sand Docket, opened in the
sides of the hills.
Production has averaged about
average barrelthough it
barrelsofto40the4 the San.
One is an old "Brackett" bog, one
of the oldest on the upper Cape.
It has been more than half rebuilt
in the past fifen years. There are
ne
unn u n
As son conditonsCvray permit,* iece
as conditions p the
tuit. It is set to moare than halfs.
rebuilding of another section will
be under taken.
THE ONSET BOG
This property produces on the
average of 45-50 barrels to the
acre, slightly higher than the San
tuit. It is set to more than half
Howes, otherwise Early Blacks and
"Tom" or round Howes, named after
their 'developer, Thomas Howes
of Dennis, a grower of the last
century. It is the "Tom" Howes
which brings up the production, as
when the "Toms" throw a crop
they are heavy-bearing vines.
Water Pumped Underground
The Onset bog takes its water
from Dick's pond at East Wareham,
this being pumped by a ten-
inch centrifugal pump (gas-driven)
Nine
(Continued from last month)
Wax Experiment
U n45
Reader s of January issue mahan
remember it was told "Dellic" had
experimented with a wax coveng
(DtuWax, Frost Insecticide Co.),
sprayed on an acre piece he planned
to leave unprotected by winter
flood, tot test i the wax would pro-u
tecttet the vines. This nray was app
ap-
for a fair test, as the vines were
pl;ed Dec. 14, 40 gallons to one-
third of the acre, 20 gaons to
another third, and the remaining
sect;on left without spray as a
check plot.
Unfortunately, the 1944-45 win-
ter kill did not provide conditions
so called,
Feels Agronomist Need
Urent
A positive convinction of his, as
an operator of older bogs-and
with many others also--is that
more thought must be given to
problems of bog soil and ferti!iz-
ing. He has come to realize
through experience that what is
being taken out of the soil must
be put back. He feels a next big
need of the Massachusetts grow-
ers is for a full-time agronomlst,
to be a member of Dr. Franklin's
ages experienceabotthat what fthroughmore acrlive than the usua' brown-nd
which he has seen. s for a fair test, as the vines were
covered with snow much of the
time. None of the three Plot s
showed any signs of winterkill,
even the one not waxed. It was
distinctly noticeable, however, that
the two pieces surayed, by the end
of March were much greener than
the unsprayed plot. It looked
more alive than the usua' brown"
red of the unwaxed portion.
While the main purpose of the
experiment was knocked askew by
uncontrollable weather conditions,
the waxed sections, so much green-
M *
~dry
n Th l h a c t p
since 1938, w~~There
New Englad Hutuit
d d
~~~~~~CRANBERRIES
PHOTO
~second
Santuit bog, showing canals around different pieces.
the line going for a distance of a washed Damage aside from pos-
quarter of a mile underground, sible vine injury, was bad enough:
crossing beneath the main Cape broken dikes, salt-covered berries,
highway (route 28). After use sand carried over some of the
the water is released into Broad vined areas, estimated in all at
Cove. The Onset is a bog which from six to seven thousand do lars.
has not had half a chance to pro-The lower portion of this bogduce since 1938, when the first was originally made from a diked
"New England Hurricane" flooded and freshened salt marsh, as was
a large part of it and damage was the practice of some Cape growersextensive. Again ast September in the past century. These make
in the second New England hurri-good bogs, but they are necessar-
cane the lower portion, or about ily very low. TheOnset bog at its
eight acres, was swept by four to lower end lies between two rather
five feet of salt water driven before sharp rises of land and it would
the howling winds. Part of the be possible to build a high dike
Onset had been picked (although across this from hill to hill. The
some berries were lost, due to the Hammonds have under considera-
flood), and these sections were in tion a project to increase the
after-harvest flood. The lower height of the present dike bydike which had been washed away e'even feet or so, clear across this
was quickly thrown back and with-gap. If carried out this would be
in 48 hours a flood of fresh water almost a "Little Grand Coulee
1Ed been put on to wash away the Dam" project for cranberries in
salt. scope and cost. If such a dam is
What effect this second salt built the expense would have to be
water flood has had has not yet chalked up to "hurricane insurance'
been definitely determined. It is and would not be a part of the
hoped injury was not too severe, ordinary costs of bog building and
as the vines were so quickly operation-just one of the unfore-
Ten
seen problems involving large
costs which sometimes come upon
a grower.
Until February of this year
Smith-Hammond owned a 16-acre
bog at Yarmouth. Then this
was sold in view of its distance
from the other properties and because
of bad labor conditions on
the Cape. iIt was a dry property.
Screenhouses
For preparing the crop for market
Smith-Hammond operates two
screenhouses, one at Carver and
the other at Point Independence.
~duc.~e
is a storage shed at the San-
Berries from this bog are
trucked to, screened and packed at
the Point screenhouse, and naturally
the Carver bog crop is screened
and packed there at Carver.
The Point packing house, while
it can pack a car a day when the
sgoingis especially good, averages
nearer one car in two days when
in operation. There are four Bailey
mills and a complete fall crew
is 17 women sortersfour and men.
The Carver bog packing house
is the more elaborate of the two
and can consistently pack a car a
day. There are four Bailey separators
and a crew of 16 women
and 5 men employed during harvest
season.
At the Carver bog there is a
substantial bog home equipped
with e'ectricity and telephone, and
both Carleton and Dellie, with
their wives, have lived here at the
busiest seasons. This bog is a
home to all the Hammonds.
Tony Oliver, who has worked there
for more than 30 years, has seen
four generations of Hammonds
there, from Irving to Dellie's small
sons.
Carleton, as before stated, has
general supervision of all the
Smith-Hammond bogs, with Delie
as his assistant, but for the past
two years active supervision of the
Carver has been given over to Del-
lie. Carleton takes direct charge
of the Onset and Santuit; assisted
at the latter by Earle Hammond,
son of George Hammond, and no
relation to Carelton and Dellie.
Smith-Hammond Co. has labored
under the universal wartime shortage
of help, perhaps to a higher
extent than some others. The company
honor roll contains the name
of one key-man, Amando Grassi of
Wareham, killed in action; another,
Bradford Holmes of Onset, who
was a prisoner in Germany, now
returned to this country, and eight
others in service, Donald and Arthur
Reynolds, Donald Smith, Ken-.
neth Watts, George Rich and
Bruce Bullard, Shirley Quintal and
Lester Monan.
.......... || .......... ... C B o M a
1t....
State Bog, East Wareham, the afternoon
and evening of July 16th.
PAPERi~ B Iywas I
An inspection of theblue berry
plantation there was made-there
a basket supper and several
instructive talks.
These were by Prof. WilliamSmith of University of New Hamp-
In·`·· "Dellie" andl
Foreman,
hire, Durham, who showed slides
of the b'ueberry industry in general;
Prof. Os C. Boyd of Mass.
Earle Hammond,
talk something
State College,
and explained
who showed slides
blueberry stunt di...
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over at the
eservoirResevoi
gate.
sease; and Prof. John S. Bailey,
assistant research professor inastatepomology, also of Mass.State
College.
This associationof blueberrys
growers, organized last year,
showingaa veryhealthy growthetrade, theyin
is
recognizemembership is and makinge fin
CRANBERRIES PHOTO
progress inthe purposeof its organization,
to promote blueberry
culture in Massachusetts.
Prospects for the cu'tivated
blues in Massachusetts, with picking
getting underway the week of
MaGRNMsT crop. Frosts, the hurri____
17_cane last fall and drought last
Blueberry July 16th, mo th
COLBYueass.a normal were not re an half
d anticipated. Among
are privileged to print a valuable Fine armmeprivithose been hadwill have good crops
FieldMeeting who
article upon "The Use of Com-are the Mass. State bog which will
mcrcial Fertilizers on Cranber-have a better than usual producries"~,
by William G. Colby, resi-About 50 enjoyed a very pleas-tion, and the Association presi
ant ana instructive meeting of the dent, J. Foxcroft Carleton of East
dent agronomist of Massachusetts Southeastern Massachusetts Blue-Sandwich, who usua'ly has success-
State College. berry Growers Association at the ful cropping of his bushes.
"Markets Are Purchasing Power"
For forty years our management has sold cranberries
to markets all over the country. We know the trade, they
recognize our fortitude in packing and shipping superior
quality cranberries.
Increasing market demand for "SUITS-US BRAND"
pack requires a greater volume of supply.
We need...... more and more cranberries.
-COLLEY CRANBERRY COMPANY
Plymouth, Mass.
. Office ......-.... ' · Plymouth -1622
17 Court Street ' .' ' T:elephone
Eleven
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Help Our Boys
to get the
Happy Smile of
Complete Victory
The smile they will have when peace is achieved and the fighting of this war is
stopped all over the world. We can help to hasten that day in many ways.
The nation's harvest season is just ahead. The cranberry harvest is a part of that
harvest. We are doing our best to produce our share of a healthful food the war-torn
world needs. We will keep on doing our best-and we'll also keep on buying bonds.
We want that "complete victory smile" soon.
This is the 38th of a series of war-time messages sponsored by the following public-
spirited firms and individuals.
Jesse A. Holmes & Son Fuller-Hammond Co.
Slocum-Cibbs Cranberry Co.
Sawmills at Carver, Mass. Onset, Mass.
RUEL S. GIBBS, Gen. Mgr. Tel. Carver 10-3 ROBT. C. HAMMOND
Decas Smith-Hammond Co. Acushnet Saw Mills Co.
Cranberry Company Pt. Independence, Mass. New Bedford, Mass.
Growers and Shippers of CARLETON D. HAMMOND
General Manager GOOD WOOD BOXES
CAPE COD CRANBERRIES CARLETON D. HAMMOND, JR.IWareham, Mass. Ass't General Manager Est. 1865
Wareham, Mass.
L. B. R. BARKER H. R. BAILEY CO. ELLIS D. ATWOOD
Buzzards Bay
South Carver, Mass. South Carver, Mass.
Mass.
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GA S ~ISSUE OF AUGUST, 1945
+;~t~l
Vol. 10 No. 4
CHANGES BEING MADE CRANBERRIES -WAREHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
ofwhetheran "over-all" Subscription $2.60 per year
EGARDLESS
REGARDLESS of whether an overAdvertising rates upon application
cooperative, handling both fresh and
processed fruit-some unified set-up of a Editor and Publisher
group of cooperatives-or no major CLARENCE J. HALL
change is made because of the Survey, the
survey is having definite effects upon the LEMUEL C HALL
cranberry industry. Changes are being Associate Editor
made already, apparently along the lines __
of progress. CORRESPONDENTS-ADVISORS
The survey brought out into frank dis-CORRESPONDENTS-ADVISORS
cussion in the industry phases which had Wisconsin
not been so widely debated previously. VERNON GOLDSWORTHY
This self-imposed outside analysis of the Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin
Cranberry Canners, the Exchange, and _
State Companies pointed out both the
"strengths" and weaknesses" as found by Wasngon-on
Booz, Allen & Hamilton. It has ever been J. D. CROWLEY
an accepted axiom that there is no standing Cranberry Specialist
still, there is either progress or decline. ETEL M. KRANIKB
Out of the present "ferment" in the indus-Bandon, Oregon
try is coming some degree of change. The
cooperatives in a way have been weakened
by developments; in another sense
they may have gained in solidity. The DR. HENRY J. FRANKLIN
cooperatives may emerge more influential Director Mass. State Cranberry Experiment Station
in the cranberry field, or "independents" BERTRAM TOMLINSON
make gains-how the industry reacts as a
whole will determine. Barnstable County Agricultural Agent
At any rate the cranberry industry is Barnstable, Mass.
voluntarily "taking stock" at the moment New Jersey
the entire world is in process of a stocktaking
to meet the conditions of the post-CHARLES A. DOEHLERT,
war era-whatever they may be. New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station,
Pemberton, New Jersey
BIG QUESTION-SIZE OF CROP Pemberton, New Jersey
THIS is the "guessing" season for the ket for all that can be produced. The
size of the crop. This always popu-only flaw in the picture is the question of
lar and often futile game is now in full sugar supply and that does not seem to be
swing. As early as this, "estimates" can causing too much worry. Growers can
be little more than guesses, growers chang-scarcely hope this "sellers' market" can
ing their estimates from morning to after-continue indefinitely without interruption,
noon. On only one thing this year is there but again this year, at least, they are in
unity-that is, there will be a ready mar-this fortunate position.
Survey Report have been distributed by aration of these survey copies, CCI
f P CCI, and are being sent out as fast is sending them only to such mem
(Continued from Page 5) as requests from members come bers as make request to the Comthis
members themselves have been in. Current issue of CCI Cran-pany at Hanson, while those on
urged to assist. berry Cooperative News urges the West Coast are to request
Directors have authorized the members who wish to read this them from their local CCI offices.
investigation of the possibility for volume of the survey for them-In a foreward of members'
cranberries in the frozen food field, selves, and also the volume specif-copies of the Survey report, re-
Sourvey
and it seems likely the company ically concerning CCI, to send in lating to Cranberry Canners,
will do considerable experimental their requests. These latter vol-alone, CCI will say that all
work along these lines this season. umes are expected to be printed recommendations of the Survey
Well more than 100 copies of and available not later than Aug-are receiving consideration of the
the over-all volume of the Survey ust 10th. Because of cost of prep-directors; that some of the recom-
Thirteen
mendations pertain to matters
which the directors and manage-
ment were already aware of and
were giving attention, and that
other steps will progressively be
made. "Progress will be made by
evolution and not by revolution",
the notice stresses, as was recom-
mended by the Survey, this fore-
word says.
Among the recommendations
acted upon or under consideration
have been the appointment of a
full time executive accountant,
Garland C. Boothe, and complying
with recommendation of reorgan-
ization of CCI's accounting struc-
ture, the report says: "Mr. Boothe
now has assumed full charge of
the accounting department and its
procedure, and will give special
attention to those recommendations
of the Survey pertaining to ac-
counting control... Mr. Harold W.
Ellis has been made Internal
Auditor, and in addition to his continuous
internal audit, an annual
out side audit will also be made by
auditors to be selected by the
Stockholders."
Personnel of Booz, Allen &
Hami'ton is engaged in finding a
man to recommend as assistant to
Mr. Urann.
Regarding recommendation that
the item of "Good Will" should be
written down more consistently,
reported action is: "In the year
ending May 31, 1941 the policy of
reducing Good Will by at least
$25,000 a year was adopted. The
year ending 1943, it was necessary
to interrupt that policy because of
war-time handicaps, but in 1945
we returned to that policy, and the
Good Will was marked down by
$100,000 the year ending May 31,
1945, leaving a balance of $126,686.36."
Criticisms that New Egypt and
Plymouth p'ants are idle property,
reported action is that New Egypt
has been sold, and consideration
is now being given to the wisdom
of disposing of the Plymouth plant
which was purchased at a time
when critically needed for dehy-
We Have Listings of
Cranberry Bogs, Large and Small
FOR SALE
Geo. A. Cole Agency
WILDA HANEY
Decas Block
Wareham, Massachusetts
dration to meet Government re-
quirements, but the plant can be
put to other uses and these are
being weighed against advisability
of disposal. Gurnee, Illinois plant,
which was purchased for dehydra-
tion and storage to meet war con-
diticns, also has been sold.
Concerning freezer requirements,
as mentioned in Survey, the action
has been that freezing plants are
being erected at North Chicago%
Marksham, Washington, and Han-
son. CCI hopes some berries may
be frozen from this fal's crop, as
well as a new line of frozen
orange-cranberry relish.
Concerning better fire protection
at plants, a fire wall has been
erected at Hanson plant, and costs
of sprinkler systems for all plants
are being investigated, except for
Bordentown, which has such a
system.
Features of loans from Spring-
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H M A
field Bank for Cooperatives questioned,
have been removed, and to
the criticism that wider distribution
of stock among CCI grower
members, action reported is, that
stock membership has been steadily
drawig closer to patronage
basis.
The recommendation for increasing
equity capital by reducing
presently too-high loan balance is
reported as being taken up by purchase
of the newly-authorized 4
per cent Preferred Stock by members,
which will increase equity
capital.
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of food in the most difficult food year since the war began 1945.
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Orders Should Be Placed NOW for Fall Needs
Pumps, screenhouse equipment, separators, etc.,
Growers who are considering installation of sprinkler systems for next spring
should get in touch with us as soon as possible.
WE REPEAT: 1945 is still a difficult year, although we are doing our best to
give you the service and equipment wanted. Please don't delay in letting us
know your requirements as far ahead as you can anticipate them.
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Fresh from the Fields
ies
resnrom e
(ontinued from Page 5)
stances here and there have heavy
doses, but these are definitely the
exception. State Bog, for in-
stance, which was treated twice
last year, was not treated at all
this season. Scarcity of fruitworm
this year is a positive factor in
favor of Massachusetts crop pros-
pects. It has been a light insect
season a'l around for Massachu-
setts.
TTCape Outlook Down -Crop
prospects are much stronger in
Plymouth County than in Barn-
stable, where many, many grow-
ers are due for another bad year.
This failure of the crop to come
through with good prospects is a
main reason why Massachusetts
will not have a "big" crop-it is
when the dry bogs of the Cape and
in fact all Cape bogs come through
with heavy production-as in 1937
-that Massachusetts has its ex-
ceptionally big years.
¶[March Temperatures-Regard-
ing mean temperature and size
Dr. Franklin wrote in the weather
bulletin, p. 88: "There was a high
correlation between the temper-
atures of March and cranberry
size, the apparent chances being
7 to 1 that cranberries will be
large after a March mean temper-
ature above 38 at Middleboro and
8 to 1 they will be small after
this temperature has been below
34."
(April issue of CRANBERRIES
conjectured upon this possibly, re-
porting that the mean for March
at Middleboro town pumping sta-
tion was 44.26.)A.
11Frosts Cut Somewhat-Failure
of prospects for a big crop to
offset last year's scanty produc-
tion, in spite of much recovery
from last summer's drought and
the winterki'l of '43-44 is also laid
to frost losses of more than five
per cent and to possible injury by
repeated flowing for the large
number of frosts and prospective
frosts all through April and May
and into the first days of June.
NEW JERSEY
¶[No Big Crop-Early prospects
which had been fairly cheerful, as
in Massachusetts, have been
dimmed, and while Jersey may
have a bigger crop than last year
(some guess around 65,000 bbls.)
it will not be a heavy production.
During early July growers were
widely divergent in their opinion
of what the prospects were. It
appeared certain that prospects
were off in Ocean county, where
there had been three bad spring
frosts, as this damage definitely
showed up.
-_July Bad-There was practi-
cally no sun from early July on,
and heavy rains, a storm of Sunday,
the 22nd, being accompanied
by a terrific thunderstorm and
hail. Some bogs were badly flood-
ed for from 12 to 15 hours. The
damage is bound to be heavy and
to effect most bogs in the state.
A number did look very good, had
set well and were growing well.
But with the lack of sun and the
rains, fungi in Jersey becomes ad-
ditionally serious.
JULY NOTES
C hlJuly
Doelert
Isaiah Haines, superintendent of
Whitesbog, is dusting 106 acres of
bog by airplane, with a 50-50 Fer-
WAREHAM, MASS.
mate dust, using 20 Ibs. of the
mixture per acre. The dilutnt
being used is talc. He is also
dusting considerable acreage with
the ground duster.
Theodore Budd is dusting 58
acres of bog by airp'ane with
straight Fermate dust, 8 lbs. per
acre. His schedule is to put this
on three times, three weeks apart,
beginning July 12.
In each case, these dusting operations
are of an experimental nature
under the auspices of the bog
owner.
Up to July 24
Rain during nine days (83/4
inches) has spoiled much blueberry
fruit through splitting, knocking
oft', and overripeness due to impossibility
of harvesting. There is a
possibility that 20 to 25% of the
already small crop has been lost
in this way.
Heavy rain Sunday, July 22,
around Pemberton (5.10 inches in
about 2 hours) caused flooded
cranberry bogs. Where drainage
is good this flood was removed in
24 hours, probably without damage
to the young berries.
WISCONSIN
¶fSeason Late-The season was
very late and most of the marshes
were not in full bloom in July,.
while those in the northern part
are not likely to make it by the
end of the month. This would
mean smaller berries and berries
of poorer color-unless there is
very, very favorable weather during
August and until mid-Septem
ber.
Cold-Bloom was a little
better than expected on some bogs,
but with weather unfavorable
(nights cold, 34 °, July 16), July
did little to improve crop pros-
Seventeen
pects.-·With' no definite reportavailable, prospects remain verymuch under the crop of last year.
iTSummary-With no direct re-
ports from the West Coast, where
conditions were good, the outlook
for the total cranberry crop is
not high-something over 600,-
000, but perhaps not more than
625,000 may be in prospect, but
end of July is too early for accur-
ate prediction.
Ex-rirn~t \A/^
Experiment WAith
1*ikl AtLused
prin iers At
t il Bl
Stilian Bog
_____ ° ^
An experimental sprinkler sys-r
tem has been installed on a sec-
tion 90 by 110 feet on the bogoperated by Miss Ellen Stillman
and father at Hanson, Mass., this
piece being between two other
sections of approximately the
same size and exposure. With the
latter two unsprinkled on either
side and sprinklers used on the
middle strip, it is expected a gooddemonstration of what sprinklers
can do may be obtained.
So far this summer Nature has
provided the optimum of rain nec-
essary and the system has not
been used by Miss Stillman, but if
August now coming in is as dry
as it has been the past few yearsthere should be opportunity to test
the system for irrigation. One of
the primary purposes of the ex-
periment is to determine what ef-
feet this sprinkler irrigation will
have on the size and the quantityof berries,
Sprinkler heads are simplysmall, revolving sprinklers. A 2
inch Deming centrifugal pump and
a 22 horse power International
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Cuts weeds, grass, brushee,
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FORMERLY NEW ENGLAND TORO CO.
FORMERLY NEW
1121 WASHINGTON ST.
WEST NEWTON 65, MASS.
engine are being used to give all
the pressure and horsepower that
could possibly be needed for this
initial experiment. For this rea-
son, large pipe sizes were used
throughout to eliminate friction
losses and to concentrate attention
on the performance of different
nozzles. The main is 4 inch pipewith 2/2 inch headers. This set-
up will give rain drops when oper-
ating at low pressure, and mist
when operating at high pressure,
so that experiments can be made
mist vs. dropsPwithfor irrigation,
frost protection, quantity of water
and results achieved. The
installation was by A. S. Conant of
the Acme Engineering Co. who
is working along on the experiment
with the Stillmans.
A S Twili t
/Mass. IWilighi
Insect Meetings
Prove Popular
That informal twilight meetingsfor Massachusetts cranberry grow-
ers, arranged by the Extension
Services of Plymouth and Barn-
stable counties, continue to meet
with full approval of the growers,
especially in the former area, is
proven by large attendances at
"fruitworm meetings" ear y in
July. These meetings providedopportunity for growers to keep
up to date on the cranberry fruit-
worm and its control measures.
Either Dr. Franklin or his as-
sistant, Joe Kelley, or both, were
present at all six meetings held,
showing growers how t-make
accurate egg counts, explaining
how to obtain best control and to
answer individual questions which
were in the minds of growers.
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Overhead Irrigation
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112121 WASHINGTON ST.
WEST NEWTON 65, MASS.
| PHONE BIGELOW 7900
These meetings were at the Hiller
Bros. bog at Rochester, At-
wood Cranberry Company bog at
Carver, the Beaton Wine Brook
bog at Monponsett, and the Loringbog at Duxbury in Plymouth county
and at the J. B. Atkins bog,
Pleasant Lake and the John Simpkins
bog, Yarmouth, on the Cape.
Attendances in Plymouth countyranged from 40 to about 80 at the
Atwood bog. Notices of the meetings
were sent out in advance bythe Extension offices and carried a
note of warning from Dr. Franklin
regarding the precautions to be
taken in the use of rotenone materials.
Heavy Loss In
o Fir
creenhouse Fire
A Warehan
A big screenhouse owned by E.
L. Bartholomew at Pierceville
section, Wareham, was completelydestroyed in a spectacular fire
about 8 o'clock the evening of
July 23 with heavy loss. Mr. Bar-
tho'omew has estimated the building
alone, which was 70x50 feet,
could not be replaced for $10,000.
Besides the loss of the well-built
building, its contents, consisting of
5,000 picking boxes, 1,000 or more
shipping boxes in shook form, two
separators, conveyors, and other
screening equipment, were totallydestroyed. Also there were scoops,
wheelbarrows, and various other
pieces of bog equipment, a ton
and a half truck, and considerable
valuable furniture which was temporarily
in storage.
For Farm, Or r or Truck Garden. Easilyand qukly d any irrigation ppe.
ln
Heavy duty ss and bronze construction
ri Pr rings-no oil or grese re-
lubricated
quired. No moving parts to rapidly
wear out. Magnum eev'erag-even 4ntri
wear out. mcovoeven dri.
bution.
.:Wre u and p.
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FORMERLY NEW ENGLAND TORO CO.
1121 WASHINGTON ST.
WEST NEWTON 65, MASS.
PHONE BIGELOW 7900
BWUCKNER MANUFACTURING CO.(;,
1615 Blackstone Av., Frese, California
PHONE 7900 BIGELOW e
Eighteen
rnsurance covered only part of are. Btckner-Hammerhead sprink-SYMPATHY TO -MR.
the loss. The fire occurring not lers with the main line Transite AND MRS. H. F. BAIN
far before harvest time was an pipe. The pumping unit is
additional bad fact. Mr. Barthol-mounted on a steel base and in
omew believes the fire may have eludes an American Marsh centrif-Sympathy of the industry is ex-
been caused by boys playing in ugal pump and a 10 HP, three tended to Mr. and Mrs. Henry F.
the building. phase 220/400 motor with a flex-Bain of Wisconsin Rapids in the
ible coupling. T h e s e electric death of their eldest son, Henry F.
MaKnepeace Co ~.s sprinkling systems seem to be very Bain, Jr. He was a tail gunner in
efficient. a bomber on duty in the Philip-
James O'Brien has a 3 HP three pines.
Given "A Awward phase motor operating his station
ary sprayer instead of the old gas
engine, and is finding it very ef-A j _ Xp A
A. D. Makepeace Company has ficient. Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien are FLEX O just
received the Achievement also building an electric vacuum
"A" award of the U. S. Depart-picker, larger than the little "fur-PORTABLE
ment of Agriculture for outstand-nace cleaner" they had the last
ing accomplishment in food pro-two seasons, and will use a three PRESSURE-TIGHT
cessing, Clyde N. Smith, District phase motor on the new picker.
Representative of the office of The O'Briens like the electric IRRIGATION PIPE
supply, U. S. D. A., announces. pickers because they are lighter
Standards for the "A" award in than the large gas engine pickers For Overhead Sprinkler Systems
the food field are comparable to most of the growers have. Last
those of the Army-Navy "E" in year they harvested their crop
other war-time production. The with the aid of one, and part time,
.
firm 'will receive an "A" flag as a two, of the little electric cleaners.
symbol of its production record. Their little picker has a two inch Showing Flexibility of Pipe Joint
(This production achievement of suction hose, and the new one
the Makepeace Company in its de-will have one 3 inch suction hose
hydrated pack of "Crannies", was and a larger fan and motor.
featured in March, 1944 issue of Most of the Grayland growers Femae End
CRANBERRIES). prefer the gas engine-driven suc-Male End
Plans for a ceremony in which tion pickers and there are many Write Distributors below for full details:
the "A" flag will be officially pre-new ones being made for the com-Miller Irrigation Co., Inc., Williamstown,
sented to the company by Army ing harvest. There will be about N. Y.
officers, and pins to the employees 30 of the very large-size pickers, Lewis W. Barton, Haddonfield, New Jersey
by representatives of War Food powered by a 20 HP gas engine, Farm Bureau Ass'n, 155 Lexington St.,
Administration on August 13th similar to that of A. V. Anderson's Waltham 54, Mass.
are being made by Russell Make-last year. Previously, growers W.dale MaVss, gAe ,
peace of the Company and the U. have used a 9 HP engine and one Frank E. Shepard, Shepard Farms, Wood-
S. D. A. representative. This will or two three inch suction hoses, bury, Conn.
be at the plant at Wareham. but with the 20 horse engines they Ideal Equipment Co., 540 Grand Ave.,
______ will use one or two 4-inch suction Port Washington, Wis.
hoses, which is expected to ad-Manufactured by
vance the rate of picking very ma-Chicago Metal Mfg. Co., Chicago 32, Ill.
Grayland Growers terially.
Using Electrical
Equipment More THOMAS BROTHERS
Washington Bogs In Some
Instances Will Have Co-General C ractors
pletely Automatic Sprink-
ler Systems.
.-. —~~ MASS.
.MIDDLEBORO,
E. C. Johnson, H. J. Bailey and
H. T. Davidson will eventually elidleboro72
have completely automatic sprinkler
controls (although at present
having difficulty in getting the Concrete Flumes and Pumpwells
thermostatic controls), so at the
moment their systems are not Transit Mix Concrete
automatic. When these controls
are installed, the sprinklers will
start at a certain minimum tem-Complete Line of Construction Equipment
perature for frost control, and
stop a'gain when the temperature Excavating -Grading -Hauling
rises above the danger minimum;
the sprinklers will also start at
a certain minimum temperature Leave the Tough Jobs for Us
for heat damage control, and stop
again when the temperature low-Our Experience is Your Guarantee
ers to the safe one again.
The equipment covers about 13/4
to 2 acres of bog. Installations
Nineteen
NEW USE FOR SPRAYER,
New use for a cranberry sprayer
was achieved at a dwelling fire r
in Wareham, Mass., last month,
when Jeremiah Murphy, cranberry
grower, and member of the volunteer
fire department, filled the
tank on his truck sprayer and
hitched it up to a department Has played its part in bringing the crops of the
pumper. The blaze was out of
pumper. The blazen was out of nation to the harvest that lies ahead.
the fire district and water was
badly needed. Murphy was at his
bog, saw the smoke billowng up, Efficiency is necessary in producing the food this
reialized there were no hydrants
in the location of the blaze, filled hungry world needs, and electricity can make for
his 100-gallon tank at the last
town hydrant and proceeded on greater effciency.
to the fire.
INSECTICIDE CONTROL
BEGINNING TO EASE
Government controls are beginning
to lift over insecticides and lymo th ouny lectrIc 0
fungacide materials, current issue ou
of AIF News (bulletin of Agricul-WA AM LYMOUTH
tural and Fungicide Associations, WARHAM PLYMOUTH
says. WPB is easing up as fast asel 200 Tel 300conditions justify, on many raw
materials and some finished products
in the agricultural and fungicide
field. WFA's industry avvisory
committee has held probab
ly its last meeting, adjourning sine BUY VVAR BONDS AND STAMPS
die and subject only to emergency
call.
We Handle Cape Cod Cranberries
Exclusively
Growers using our service are assured of an outlet for their ENTIRE
CROP AT TOP PRICES AND PROMPT RETURNS.
Our connections supply both the ARMED FORCES and CIVILIAN
TRADE with FRESH CRANBERRIES, CANNED SAUCE, and DEHYDRATED
CRANBERRIES.
Serving the Cranberry Industry
For Over 25 Years
BEATON'S DISTRIBUTING AGENCY
Wareham, Massachusetts Tel. Wareham 130
Twenty
LET'S LOOK AT THE RECORD
We feel it our duty to keep the growers informed as
to Canned Cranberry Sauce. You receive data as to the
"fresh berry market" and it is imperative that you receive
authentic information regarding the berries you deliver to
canning factories.
Below are the figures showing the "actual cases of
Cranberry Sauce packed" during the past ten years.
Year Actual Cases Packed
1935 917,771
1936 1,108,670
1937 1,689,586
1938 1,302,264
1939 1,927,901
1940 1,993,062
1941 2,592,751
1942 2,533,988
1943 1,672,156
1944 1,545,681
The above figures represent the "TOTAL PACK OF
AT LEAST SEVEN CANNERS OF CRANBERRY SAUCE
and the THREE CANNERS packing the greater part of
the TOTAL PACK" are included in the SEVEN.
MIN-OT FOOD PACKERS, INC.
Represented by
BEATON'S DISTRIBUTING AGENCY
..~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Since 1907
NEW ENGLAND CRANBERRY SALES COMPANY-
As the unit of American Cranberry Exchange, with the
largest annual production, has been of great value in bringing
about and maintaining the orderly marketing of the
cranberry crop.
This stabilizing influence of a strong New England Cranberry
Sales Company will be needed more than ever in the
postwar era-whatever the conditions of this period may be.
NEW ENGLAND CRANBERRY SALES COMPANY recognized
this obligation on its part, and is taking positive steps
to be in position as this stabilizing asset to the industry-and
in greater measure than in the past, if possible.
NEW ENGLAND CRANBERRY SALES CO.
9 Station Street
MIDDLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS
"The Fresh Cranberry Cooperative"
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COOPERATIVE CANNING
OF CRANBERRIES
began in New Jersey in 1929. Ninety growers, most of whom were
members of Growers Cranberry Company, purchased Mrs. Lee's established
business and organized Cranberry Products Inc. to can New
Jersey cranberries.
The following year this was merged with the Makepeace and
Urann interests to form the large cooperative, Cranberry Canners, Inc.
GROWERS CRANBERRY COMPANY, INC.
PEMBERTON, NEW JERSEY
-WISCONSIN MOVES FORWARD —
Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company gives the
growers cultural and technical help with their
cranberry problems.
Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
BEGINNING THE 5th YEAR
OF STEADY MEMBERSHIP GROWTH
On July 1, CCI began its 5th year of continuous, month-aftermonth
membership growth.
Since July, 1941, it has been our privilege to welcome 506 new
members into cooperative canning. Of these, 238 were from Washington,
46 from Oregon, 206 from Massachusetts, and 12 from New Jersey.
This continuous membership growth is strong evidence that more
and more growers are becoming sold on cooperative canning. They
see the savings which canning brings them . . . they see the longer
cranberry season which canning creates . . . they see the new products
which canning makes . . . they see the increasing returns which
canning earns for their berries. They know that cooperative canning
has helped to take the ups and downs out of cranberry marketing, and
to make every year a good year. They know that through CCI they
find a market for ALL their berries . . . not only the best but all the
rest.
To help insure the continuance of these benefits, 506 new members
joined Cranberry Canners, Inc., during the past 4 years, and still more
new members have started our 5th year of steady membership growth.
If you are not enjoying the benefits of cooperative canning, why
not look into these benefits -a little more thoroughly? Growers producing
more than 80% of the nation's cranberry crop are members
of CCI. What benefits so large a majority will also benefit you.
CRANBERRY CANNERS, Inc.
The Growers' Cooperative Canning Company
Hanson, Mass. Onset, Mass. Plymouth, Mass. Dennis, Mass.
Coquille, Oregon New Egypt, N. J. North Chicago, Ill. No. Harwich, Mass.
Markham, Wash. Bordentown, N. J. Gurnee, Ill. Long Beach, Wash.
ADAMS & BEAN CO. E. T. Gault
| Lumber Dealers |Cape & Vineyard Transportation Co.
"Everything Under Cover" i, Wareham, Mass.
East Wareham, Mass. Electric Company Tel. 227
Tel. Wareham 648 We are ready to give you
Offices: any kind of cranberry bog
construction service. Shovel
Building Material for Bog, Chatham -bulldozer-trucking -
Screenhouse and Home Uses Falmouth stump pulling-excavating
-draghauling canal and
_____ Hyanis ditch digging.
Vineyard Haven We have Sand, Loam and Gravel
Paints-Hardware
We Transport Cranberries
Established 1848
Marinette & Hall & Cole Wood
lHall & Cole
Menominee Box Co. Incorporated C u
Marinette, Wisconsin Commission Merchants Y
and Jobbers
BOXES, BOX SHOOKS, CRATINGand Jobbers Natonal
WIREBOUND BOXES AND CRATES 94 Faneuil Hall Market 102
BOSTON, MASS.
M & M's 64th Year Bank
________ APPLES AND CRANBERRIES
SPECIALTIES Wisconsin Rapids,
Serving the Wisconsin Wisconsin
Cranberry Growers
Car Lot Receivers MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT
INSURANCE CORPORATION
CROP-SAVER The The
National Bank PLYMOUTH
INSECTICIDES NATIONAL BANK
FUNGICIDES Plymouth
For the Cranberry Grower Wareham Massachusetts
CROP-SAVER
CHEMICAL COMPANY, Inc. Wareham, Mass.
2630 West Arthington St. Member Federal Deposit
Chicago 12, Illinois MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT Insurance Corporation
INSURANCE CORPORATION
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Nicotine
E. C. HOWES Nicotine ALFRED PAPPI
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WEST WAREHAM, MASS. Oil Sprays
Lime Sulphur Solution
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Tel. Wareham 405-W-2 but he is now recovering. The
Miller Proened by a slip-
Experiencedilln Worpay rBU ping girth and charged around,
Portland 1, Oregon
American Cranberry Exchange
Contact Us D Alkl K BhasIDP^ received an inquiry from Sec-
Contactretary of the Ketchikan Chamber
Massachusett Native of Commerce, Ketchikan, Alaska,
WnKlINKLEKODC hundred cranberry cuttings for
PioeeUssi on
orPioneers in plots and asking "what variety
,fr Cranberry Frost Protection would grow best in the colder lati-Cranberry andof Alaska, mature fairly
WhiteJfhite Pine Used SPRI N KLERS planting some experimental
RJCranberryJ. and Irrigation early, and produce fair-sized ber-
Data from ries." In an exchange of corres-Boxes•^^Q ^°'° '^'" pondence the Exchange has offered
Rain Bird Sprinkler Mfg, . Manager Goldsworthy of Wisconi
i ^^\l r^ r Calif. Cranberry Sales. Keith Ben
rGlendora, sin
F•H, CJOLE Oienaoranett of Wisconsin, who was for-
Established NsoUI7Li I " C, and who is captain the
Oi now a in
Manufacturer of Peri Ill U. S. Army, located in Alaska, it
Wooden Boxes and Shooks Peoria, Ill. is hoped may be able to be of helpNorth Carver, Mass. Oregon-Washington to the Ketchican Chamber in its
Tel. 46-5 OREGON CULVERT &PIPE experimental cranberry interest.
Portland, Oregon
quested an item be inserted in New Jersey cranberry grower of
CRANBERRY SCOOPS CRANBERRIES cautioning cran-ocean county, has been elected
and I berry growers to "please not take president of the New Jersey Agri-
and any hasty pot-shots at any c Soc ...
SCREENINGS strange-looking animal they see E C M r L Haines
prowling about their bogs." These E. Clyde McGrew, Lester Haines
are the words of the professor of of the Exchange and J. D. Holman
berries in Eng'and as pre-war, is botany, University of Illinois-not Haven Ex change club at Ships
is obtainable, as Melville C. Bea-studies of alkaline and hard and showed slides on growing and
ton, Beaton's Distributing Agency, w igeo cranberries in Massa-
Wareham, has received inquiries —-"^^' ^ ^ „ „ ^ chusetts and Wisconsin. Mr. Holfrom
the Dennis Brokerage Coin-man also spoke. The Exchange
pany in New York concerning the William F. Huffman of Wiscon-club consists of a lively group of
prospects of getting six or se~'en sin Rapids, cranberry grower, edi-civic-minded Ocean County citicars
of berries for shipment to tor of Wisconsin Rapids Daily zens, living along the seashore,
that country. The amount shipped Tribune, and president of Wiscon-who are interested in backing impre-
war was usually a thousand sin Network, Inc., had the unfor-provements for the island combarrels
or so. tunate experience of being kioLked munity. The group was very at
.** * * * down by one of his saddle horses, tentive and enjoyed the presenta-
Three
of interest ifn the "growing of cran-
berries in New Jersey and the
possibilities of rehabilitation in
cranberries for returning service
men.
** * *
Staff Sergeant Marcus Urann,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl B. Urann
of Wareham, Mass., who has been
meteorologist with headquarters
group, Second Air Division in Eng-
langroup,is home on a 30-day furlough
lanr isavimeen a 30t-day flontuh
after having been in that country
nearly three years. At the con-
clusion of his furloughAt will
the re
oin his group for further assign-
ment. Sgt. Urann made ther trip
home by air, landing at B-radley
Field, Windsor Locks, Conn. One
of the first things he did at home
was to visit some of the bogs, and
his~-eomment is "does it seem good
to see them again!"
*a *** ·
No final results of the tests of
DDT and hormone weed-killers as
carried out at Mass. State bog are
yet ready for announcements, but
Dr. Alfred Weed of the John M.
Powell Company, insecticides, and
Dr. Franklin both agree that DDT
had remarkably effective kill upon
gypsy moths and the kill upon bees
is apparently less severe in long
range aspect than was anticipat-
ed. It is the toxicity upon human
beings of this new powerful in-
secticide that is now under partic-
ular consideration and this fact
will be a feature of Dr. Weed's
talk before the Cape Growers' As-
sociation meeting the 21st.
BUY WAR BONDS-
Cape Cod Cranberry Growers t Association
Meeting August 21
The 58th annual meeting of Cape
Cod Cranberry Growers Associa-
tion, President Homer L. Gibbs, is
to be held August 21st, Tuesday,
at the Massachusetts State Bog.
As this goes to press the program
for this important cranberry meet-
ing is definitely nebulous, but it is
expected the usual instructive
talks wig be presented, election of
officers held, and C. D. Stevens will
make his official 1945 crop esti-
mate
There will be speakers from
Massachusetts State College, in-
eluding, it is hoped, Dr. Fred J.
Sievers, director Extension Ser-
Mor Jamaicans
Bring Total In
Mass. To 4able
-.S
'tL.
'
Additional Jamaicans numbering
265 are expected to be available
for the Massachusetts harvest, ar-
riving September 1. At present
there are approximately 160 men
at Camp Manuel in Plymouth em-
-P
poyed by the growers. This new
consignment will make a total of
425, which considerably exceeds'
the capacity of the camp to house.
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FOR HIRE
TO MASSACHUSETTS GROWERS
SPRAYERS ON TRUCKS, WITH ONE EXPERI-
ENCED OPERATOR TO EACH TRUCK
Growers to Furnish Spray Material and Men to
work with our Operator
Rates for this service available at our offices
Wianno Ave. 25 Eastern Ave.
Osterville, Mass. Dedham, Mass.
Tel. Osterville 688 Tel. Dedham 1540
ALDRICH TREE SERVICE, Inc.
LANDSCAPE FORESTRY
Four
At East Wareham
vice and Willard Munson; also Dr.
Franklin, Dr. Bergman, and Dr.
Neil E. Stevens, who is on the
Cape for the summer, Fred Cole,
Massachusetts Commissioner of
Agriculture, Dr. Hugh H. Bennett
of the U. S. Water and Soil Conservation
Service, Dr. Alfred Weed,
chief entomologist of John M.
Powell & Company, New York insecticide
house, Congressman Chas.
L. Gifford, and others.
Arrangements for the dinner
are in progress and will be as satisfactory
as can be obtained in
these times of acute food scarcity
in Massachusetts.
Some of these new workers will
of necessity have to be housed in
growers' quarters, and growers
to' house this help are being
requested to do so. Growers who
have been housing help have already
indicated the numbers they
will need for harvest. There is
stil a surplus and a survey is being
made by Frank T. White of
the Brockton office Extension Serv
t ascertain the individual
vice, to ascertain the individual
growers' needs.
This does not mean that generally
speaking the supply of Jamaicans
is sufficient to fill the expect
ed demand, as it is not. However,
Extension Service is reasonably
confident that this additional allo
cation will be made to the growers,
and will help out to that extent.
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1 sgONAL CRANBERR^y114
Issue of August, 1945-Vol. 10, No. 4
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Entered as second-class matter January 26, 1943, at the post office at Wareham, Massachusetts, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
FRESH FROM THE FIELDS By C.J. H.
MASSACHUSETTS S U RVEY N. E. SALES VOTES 40% PROCESSED,
f["Between 400-500,000"-Crop 60% FRESH, CROP ALLOCATION
prospects as July ended had been
whittled down from an over-opti
whmism at blooming time to a gen-During the past month the Sur-After reviewing all available
consensus as Committee crops
mism eral of opinion "be-vey "Joint of 8" has statistics of the cranberry
tween 400 and 500 thousand bar-had no occasion to ca'l any meet-for the past five years and other
rels", a rough estimate, but re-ing and so has taken no action of figures relative to tne disposition
flecting the uncertainty. Although any kind, although steps relating of the crops of those years it is
growers have been fooled before to the survey have been made by further recommended by this
hope rises high with a heavy blos-cooperatives. committee that for the season
som, and that was the case this A special committee consisting of 1945 the crop to be market',d
year and the set (all late water of three, L. B. R. Barker and Ruel by the Cooperative interests be
not determined) cut down the pic-S. Gibbs, past presidents, and E. allocated on the basis of 40%'
ture materially. With good grow-L. Bartholomew, appointed to work for processing purposes and
ing conditions in August and un-with A. D. Benson. manager of 60% for sales on the fresh mar-
til the crop is picked there was N. E. Sales, to draft a plan (the ket.
still quite common opinion that the Benson plan) for a "National As-It is further recommended
crop might rise toward 500,000, but sociation of Cranberry Cooperat-that monthly reports of de livmost
probably guessed "nearer ives." has held one meeting and eries be tabulated and distrib400
than 500,, with 450-475 at the made some progress, and the di-uted to participating parties and
00than500bestwith.450-475at th rectors of N. E. Sales Co. have on or about December 1st a re-
best. ______ voted upon the allocation of the view of the disposition of thec
¶[Set Not as Heavy as Bloom-1945 crop, this to be on the basis crop be made and necessary ad-
Main causes for the lack of set of 40 per cent for processing pur-justments in percentages be con-
to correspond to the bloom, in the poses and 60 per cent for sales on summated, under the direction of
opinion of Dr. Franklin, were the the fresh market. the Committee of Eight
extremely warm temperatures in These two matters, together LeBaron R. Barker, Chairman.
March, too much rainfall in May with crop allocation of the Grow-This action was then voted by
and June and there was also too ers' Cranberry Company when directors, although the vote -was
much rain in the first half of voted by the New Jersey group not unanimous.
July. Many attributed the lack and the allocation of the Wiscon-Since the major cooperatives of
of set to the downpour of rain and sin Cranberry Sales Company, the industry have voted the Booz,
high winds of the fringe of the which in June voted this division Allen & Hamilton survey definite
tropical storm which hit New this year be along the lines rec-changes have and are taking place.
England June 26 and 27. These ommended by the Committee of 8, Special agreements of tLe New
point out that bogs which had will be taken up when the next England Cranberry Sales Com-
set considerably before that storm meeting of the Joint Committee of nany concerning canning are no
look much better than those which 8 is called, Chairman Atwood says. longer in effect.
were in fullest bloom during the Wisconsin Sales holds its regular N. E. directors have passed a
storm with set not accomplished summer meeting August 11th. vote of instruction to the clerk of
to much extent. There was a Allocation of the crop of N. E. the company to send a resume of
super-abundance of pinheads re-Sa'es was left by unanimous vote action of all future directors'
ported very widely. of directors in the hands of the meetings to members so that the
Canning Committee and the man-latter may be more fully advised
1TBig Berries-Dr. Franklin be-ager. Acting under this, three regarding the affairs of the comlieves
Massachusetts berries in meetings were held and the re-pany as carried on at directors'
general will be large, again due to sults have been set forth as fol-meetings, and this Mr. Benson is
the high March temperatures, and lows: doing.
apparently of fairly good keeping The Canning Committee of Continuing forward steps are
quality. the New England Cranberry being taken by the company in
Sales Co. recommends that for service to members, both as re
¶fFruitworm Very Light-Fruit-the season of 1945 some alloca-gards packing facilities and crop
worm infestation in general has tion of the cranberry crop mar-production. Directors are considbeen
rather light, in fact on most keted by the Cooperative inter-ering ways and means for the
bogs extremely so, a great many ests be made as between sup-company to better serve its membogs
having abnormally light in-plies for the fresh market and bership. This includes plans to
festations. A few individual in-supplies for processing pur-increase the membership and in
(Continued on Page 16) poses, (Continued on Page 13)
Five
Hbe f^I IIIAthei ii
ame on Managesd«• at M J.M .
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Fuller-Harmmond roperties
Also Personal Bogs of Late Father, I. C. Hammond, and
Two of His Own-Is Director of N. E. Cranberry Sales
Company.
-__________
By CLARENCE J. HALL
Robert Cushman Hammond, son of the late Irving C. Hammond,, who
nanages the about 210 acre properties of the Fuller-Hammond Com-
pany, the 40 or so acres personally owned by his father, and operates a
couple of small bogs strictly his own, gives to the business of cranberry
growing the full regard due it. A director of New England Cranberry
Sales Company, he is one of the most serious-minded of the younger
Massachusetts growers. Right now he is one of the busiest.
The rush of -his present activities is due partly to the fact that the
bogs he tends to are in three counties and because the war has taken
away many of the men upon whom he formerly depended for assistance.
This summer sees, for him, the tightest situation of the war. He is
conducting the affairs of these many bog acres without a single executive
assistant. All the worries, from those of the exceedingly "trying"
spring frost season this year, to the decisions regarding insect and weed
Hurried, but not "harried", he
covers a triangle of bogs. He
slides along one side of this tri-
angle the 50 or more miles from
the Pine Island bog in Mashpee,
Barnstable county to the Norton
bog in Bristol; along the second
side to the Smalley bog in Ware-
ham-Carver and on to the Boot
Pond bog near Plymouth, about 40
miles; from Boot Pond down to
Mashpee, a distance of some 40
miles also.
He regards the extreme short-
age of help as not quite so unfor-
tunate as it would be if some
of the bogs were in position to
bear higher crops than they are.
This is because of a program of
root grub control by water which
takes a certain percentage out of
production each year and to the'
fact that some were severely hurt
in the great 1943-44 winterkill.
This, however, does not mean
any less work, except in the har-
vesting and shipping. In the in-
terim in both these phases of
working toward full recovery, he
feels good progress is being made.
It will also be a happier day for
him when more labor (it is hoped)
will be available to restore most
Massachusetts bogs to their for-
mer condition, with weeds well
controlled,
As I. C. Hammond entered the
cranberry fie'd in a small way in
the 1880s, many of his holdingsadvancing in age. In the nat-
ural course of events they have
been subjected to the "strains and
stresses" of long production and
$i
some bogs. It is held that root-
grub seldom attacks bogs in Mas-
sachusetts less than 20 years old,
and as Massachusetts bogs have
gone into decades of operation,
root grub is becoming an increas-
ing problem. The situation ap-
plies to many older bogs. Dr.
Franklin has come to regard root-
grub as one of the more pressing
problems of present-day Massachu-
setts cranberry growing. He has
estimated root grub has taken as
high as 200,000 barrels from the
potential crop in some years. The
grub is a menace which he feels
many growers have not yet recog-
nized as fu'.ly as they will have to.
"Bob" thamm ndhsu r oea
ato f t gband has goneafer it.
Program for Root Grub
Dr. Franklin's recommendation
for the cure of root and white
grub is to let the water off earlyin April, keep the ditches dry un-
til May 12, and reflood until about
July 15-killing the grub, but at
the cost of the crop for the year.
Treatment by sodium cyanide is
recommended for small areas in-
fested. Hammond, who has some
large infected areas to control, is
putting his faith in the water pro-
gram, principally, rather than cya-
nide, although he uses both.
"I swear by water for control of
root grub", he says. "I know I
am getting results from puttingthe infested areas under water. I
have learned by experience that I
can kill root grub this way. Cya-
crop, but in my own experience
I have found water more effective."
He is maintaining a program of
keeping 30 or more acres under
water for this two-month period
each year and this has run as high
as 80 acres.. Since such a cure
takes the og out of production
-are'loath to take the step and
growers owning a single bog are
not always able to forego an entire
year's bog income. Hammond,
however, has taken th'e bull by the
of this water control method. A
few other large growers are doing
likewise. The entire 160-acre
Makepeace-Wankinquoah bog was
under this year and so was con
siderable acreage of the J. J.
Beaton Company.
That his program is successful
is proven by well-vined areas, formerly
infested, as the area of the
Smalley bog in the accompanying
photo, with newly-set vines in the
patch in the foreground, covering
a small corner completely'rebuilt.
The Smalley Bog
The Smalley bog of the'Fullercontrol,
are his own.Company, of some 60
Hammond
acres, was begun as one of the
earlier bogs of Plymouth County.
A date on a flume there was recorded
as 1883. It was purchased
by the company from James A.
Smalley of Wareham, and others in
1906. These owners bought it
from A. D. Makepeace in December
1884. The bog is located
mostly in Wareham, near Tihonet,
although a part of it is in Carver.
A Little About
James Anthony Smalley
James Anthony Smalley, born in
Brewster, and died in Wareham
April 8, 1909, aged 82 years, was
one of the better-known Cape
growers of the past century who,
making a success of cranberries on
the Cape in a small way, saw
greater advantages in Plymouth
county, and so took part in the
cranberry development of the
Wareham-Carver and Rochester
area. Brewster tradition has it
firmly that his father, AnthonySmalley, was the first to cultivate'
cranberries in that town. AnthonySmalley had a bog in West Brewster
on present Route 6 toward
Dennis. Older Brewster residents
say this was once a great peat bogand quantities of peat were cut
for fuel. There is still a largehole from which the peat had been
taken. Peat in early days was
the principal -fuel for Brewster,
Orleans, Eastham, communities on
the lower Cape where no good
firewood in sufficient quantity was
available.
In building these Wareham
CRANBERRIES PHOTO
The Smalley bog showing heavy vine growth after flooding treatment, with a small corner entirely rebuilt. (Note Photo
incorrectly captioned "Smalley Bog Screenhouse" in last month's issue, was actually at the Carver bog of the Smith-Hammond
Company.
cranberry experience with them, never "not enough", Robert Ham-mouth and West Barnstable.
the fathers of some having been mond has found in his experience, There is now no resident foreman
growers before them, as did Smal-realizing that too much water at the Sma ley, but one by the
ley. James Anthony had appar-which can't be gotten rid of as de-day, "Tony" Jesus.
ently been a considerable grower sired can be as bad as a too scanty It is on the Smalley that Ham-
on the Cape. He owned bog not supply. Flowage is by gravity, mond has most intensively appliedonly in Brewster, but in Dennis as although two electric pumps and the water cure program. It is
well. When he first began it one gasoline are used to recover chiefly from the excellent results
would be hard to determine, but water when recovery is needed for he has already obtained in bring-
he was among the Brewster tax re-use. Water is held back by one ing infested sections back to nor-
payers for cranberry bog in 1860, of the longest dams in the indus-mal vines that he is so certain root
which is as far back as Brewster try. Flowage for ordinary frost grub can be beaten when tackled
tax records are available. He was can be obtained by starting water with determination by the water
not the largest owner in acreage, at eight or nine in the evening, flood method.
but in 1859 he had been the larg-although for heavy freezes earlier B
est producer in Brewster. This is preparation is necessary. A num-oron og
shown by a list of Cape growers ber of good sand pits scattered Fuller-Hammond's Norton bog,
in the Yarmouth Register, Nov. about supply ample sand at con-115 acres, is one of relatively few
11, 1859, which gave their produc-venient locations. bogs in Bristol county and one of
tion and prices received. Smalley The Smalley bog is set to about the few inland bogs in Massachutopped
the Brewster list with 90 35 acres of Early Blacks, 20 of setts. It is located just off "Old
barrels, which brought him $990. Howes, and the rest odd varieties, Bay road", an early turnpike from
As a matter of record, the total including some of the Smalley Boston to Taunton, with stone
Brewster crop for that year was Howe of the builder, Round or markers giving the date 1773.
322½2 barrels and the total income "Tom" Howes, and McFarlins. A Running along Mulberry Brook,
to the town's growers was $3,848. large screenhouse (now somewhat the bog was built by Mr. Ham-
Mr. Smalley was the developer hurricane-damaged and awaiting mond in about 1910.
of the "Smalley Howe", this va-repairs when labor and material The Norton bog is an unusuallyriety being developed by him, old are more plentiful) handles the long and narrow bog, practically a
Cape residents have said, from crop from this bog and also berries mile long, perhaps 1500 feet at its
vines he obtained from 'Bassett from the Agawam at East Ware-widest part and 300 feet across at
Swamp" in East Dennis, the same ham and from Pine Island. There its narrowest. The lower secswamp
from which came the reg-are four Bailey separators and tions extend along a narrow valu'ar
late Howe. provision for nine women sorters. ley, although the upper end-the
The Smalley the Norton bog a sim-much Bog
BoAt there is main bogs-is wider.
The Sme ilar screenhouse for processing the is al gravity flow from a good-
The Smalley bog has a good berries there. In certain years sized reservoir. It is about half
water supply from a reservoir Hammond has had New England set to Early Blacks and half to
which is filled mostly by natural Cranberry Sales Co. screen and Howes. In its inland location, the
drainage and from springs. There pack a part of the crop through Norton bog has a summer of high-
is never "too much water" and the company screenhouses at Ply-er temperatures than nearer the
Seven
was
worried about its appearance last
quickly, and while Hammond
and the larger Jenkins Hole bog
PHOTO FCRANBERRIEStion to getall the bogs under his
~~~~~~~~OldNew Eng~~IslandAbovt farmNorton Boga te
house at Norton bog. head
growingbutnolonger rea ViHammond,
~~~~~coast,~~sea-of who has not Robert Hammond, born n Onset,
~~~~~~~~~~watson. oulast killing should theattended Warehamfalwhyl, schools being
soned
houseonthewhaterepropertythe whileonanother adjoining ,ionthen attenceded tidwsschool
e9, os-
his son, Eino, Fourth smallest injuremployed
~~~~~~~~aisEdwinNieme,and and company He have been summers
The is employed. Pine acres
~~~~~~~~~~~~housevey nearly the heart of the to Jsmall H boengered
~~~~~~Balsoscreen-bog, Island9 other part tmeaboutheb fathers,
1931.
~~~~~~~~~~arhouses
~and Mash largnumbernkin ole
(more used for theworkersCape, is now onal" "eeon bogso
formerly than present)best-bearing of the Companyter po1 nd s
are ~bothat
~~~~~bogis the largest~inb completely, PlymNorton. about four
There but wooas
~~~~~~~~~arel~~miin the reg-several ePrly bogs
196 after it had been u.der water
~~~~~~~~~~~Theion.about fifteen The Eleanor, andchRobert
for years. sub-Sylvia,
always hammondbog has occurred when~~uNortona drain at aes ammonre
the mergencelf~~~~~~~yrecorda good producing the lower end His interest is i the
of being brokeg, and the water major un
it, from Mashpeeive of
bog.Apartformerlyof in-river, which is high-gowingacres, the fromuit rather thand-of
is than ~ be a-nd
bog. ovefA ottenandhandsomeoff, repairs not being made~~~~~~~~~~~ovinedfais offourthe industry. Thi does
tf~~~ ~ now~well~ er ~ byrootgrub,bog ~level,~,estedcould not in the marketing or in geneuzzardsBay,
~~~~ ~~ham,to of it was that mean a
~~~~pput underly~con-the dam at time. A not fortionthat he thinks mirower
~trolfloodthis year new now cavare Wathein what be-Long
~~C. drain takes of should be uninterested
Earlyto aPond it. was a
entireDucyBlacks produced bogHe knows rowerly
Thirdof largestcoa-bog 60 7 must interest, pathis
the producing bogetween andnd builar-retain but theby
25 in to acre, Agawam, mechaniculs intricacies sell
~~~~~~~~~~~~~panyacres,~~Thisres the and is a beautt bothe and of
~~~~~~~~~~Warehammond.is from Mashpee river cooperative asItAgawamlong as he it-classcon-
is the only
four which does ot ~~~~~~~~~, of the ditionevinced this is being done satisfacgravity
flow57~~~~*have.'4e\ Hammond 1938, he rebuilt deal. Set
pump.by a gasoline Bob considerIt asmovedammondhis forward
The Hammond is not is i e-
propertycoveredcan t joCRANBERRIESthe of tionpressingget bogsbu the
be principal carePHOTO these to hi allbeliefs, ir
averagOld frost England hourst are oit
New in about six compan bogs. But they only due course of conversation de-
of rootnger grubowing who ofalso the bogs which hasC. Hammond convictio theOns
very severely hit by the extra ersonally owned, inout he is berry He has turned
coainfest, buations sea-Hammond, ber. concerning cran
whichllindustry. a
housdinary winterkillt of years ago. tionandownere are undother radjoiinnghiwas the n inattendedschool
wo the apert whilech 1929mind Bos
erbuldingsof thiskilling ex-One of these,olderof problemwas ever since. He is ma r-t
wproperty.e his supervision. cranberriesan his
bogtremelythespotty, to t Norton.puzzlementTheacres, tenin is completelyknown as rebuilast o ned h wife the strongrmer
is being has
This bog, as an opder bog, aLuo has part of his worries. There are velops that he has very definite
Eighi
convictions to what is right
and what is wrong for the indus-
try.
He is certain the industry has
not begun to rea.ize its limits and
that two or three times the quantity
of cranberries now available
can be grown and successfully
marketed-barring, perhaps, an
inevitable "bad" market year now
and then. The new phase of
fruit shipment, that by air, inter-
ests him in its possible adaptation
to cranberries. He believes too
much of the freshness of top qual-
ity fruit is often lost to distant
markets through slow shipments.
He would like to see this new mode
of produce transportation given
c onsideration hen
wu such transpo-
tation-now being tried out on a
few fruits and vegetables-is gen-
erally available. He would like to
see this gone into and figures pre-SAU
er than the unwaxed, will beclosely
observed "just in case", to see
what develops as the season goes
along-if anything.
Production at Carver Bogs
Top production record in recent
years was in 1942 when 6000 barrels
were harvested from about
65 acres, 13 acres being out of
bearing, due to extensive rebuilding
program. In 1943 about
4,000 barrels were harvested from
70 acres, the remainder still out
because of renovation. Last year
the crop was 1400 barre's from 50
acres, the rest still not bearing
because of renovation or put out
of production from terrific winterkill
thein '43-'44 winter. The bogs
run about 25 per cent Blacks and
75 per cent Howes.
THE ANTUIT BOGS
fe wa
The Santuit ha s made uwa
supply, good in comparison with
bog, any flowage again being n-
pared showing whether it would
be practical or not from the cost
standpoint, withtests whether
such strictly fresh cranberries,
maybe picked on Cape day
the one
and on market inCaorna
the of
the next, would induce
the consum-
er to pay a premium price. Like
almost every other grower, he is
interested in qro-post-war
the
cessing of cranberries and also
deeply interested in what may de-
velop for cranberries through
quick freeze.
e l
From th cultura end of cram
berry growing, is interested
he in
the possibilities of sprinkler sys-
temnstems for Massachusetts bogs. He
expects he may give sprotinkers a
trial himself on certain areas
which he has already mentally
selected. He questions the value
of sprinklers indiscriminately used
on whole big acreages, but be-
he believes partilar pa
they haves
lieaes ovthey hve major pHswesb,
ities for the growers on certain
bogs. with
Because of his experiences
varieties he would be definitely
inclined to use Early B'ack for
resetting or building new bogs, at
least "on the Cape", and by the
s called, which he has seen.
Cape he would include the Ware-
ham-Carver area. He is also in-
terested in a patient way in a ber-
ry which his father had developed,
this being a Round Howe, which
he believes has particular adivant-
over most "Round Howes",
along
Cthrough
SYLVIA HAMMOND
wades in Norton reservoir
gr coming
Santuit Pond. There is no need
tirely by avity, out of
for reuse of water there, nor even
too careful conservation. The bog
is 55-60 per cent Howes and 40-45
Blacks
Santuit, like Carver, is made up
of a number of small units, set in
little pockets, among hillslittle
much more abrupt than usually
found around Massachusetts eran
Massachusetts cranberry
bogs. There are nine pieces
in all, every one linked by a canal
system, from which water is taken
desired. toll
foff^^^^asres use f ^^werEven ffrost fowage
staff at East Wareham. The
whole field of cranberry agronomy
must be given the thorough con-
sideration it deserves, with so
many Massachusetts bogs "getting
along in years."
Ca
m
hammo
HammOnd
Hammon
-
mi-
and rSmith-
Becauseof his experienceswith (DWxFrostjob, as t rebogs
Company
clt
no s
"almost flow themselves.
Again as at Carver each piec e
has its sand Docket, opened in the
sides of the hills.
Production has averaged about
average barrelthough it
barrelsofto40the4 the San.
One is an old "Brackett" bog, one
of the oldest on the upper Cape.
It has been more than half rebuilt
in the past fifen years. There are
ne
unn u n
As son conditonsCvray permit,* iece
as conditions p the
tuit. It is set to moare than halfs.
rebuilding of another section will
be under taken.
THE ONSET BOG
This property produces on the
average of 45-50 barrels to the
acre, slightly higher than the San
tuit. It is set to more than half
Howes, otherwise Early Blacks and
"Tom" or round Howes, named after
their 'developer, Thomas Howes
of Dennis, a grower of the last
century. It is the "Tom" Howes
which brings up the production, as
when the "Toms" throw a crop
they are heavy-bearing vines.
Water Pumped Underground
The Onset bog takes its water
from Dick's pond at East Wareham,
this being pumped by a ten-
inch centrifugal pump (gas-driven)
Nine
(Continued from last month)
Wax Experiment
U n45
Reader s of January issue mahan
remember it was told "Dellic" had
experimented with a wax coveng
(DtuWax, Frost Insecticide Co.),
sprayed on an acre piece he planned
to leave unprotected by winter
flood, tot test i the wax would pro-u
tecttet the vines. This nray was app
ap-
for a fair test, as the vines were
pl;ed Dec. 14, 40 gallons to one-
third of the acre, 20 gaons to
another third, and the remaining
sect;on left without spray as a
check plot.
Unfortunately, the 1944-45 win-
ter kill did not provide conditions
so called,
Feels Agronomist Need
Urent
A positive convinction of his, as
an operator of older bogs-and
with many others also--is that
more thought must be given to
problems of bog soil and ferti!iz-
ing. He has come to realize
through experience that what is
being taken out of the soil must
be put back. He feels a next big
need of the Massachusetts grow-
ers is for a full-time agronomlst,
to be a member of Dr. Franklin's
ages experienceabotthat what fthroughmore acrlive than the usua' brown-nd
which he has seen. s for a fair test, as the vines were
covered with snow much of the
time. None of the three Plot s
showed any signs of winterkill,
even the one not waxed. It was
distinctly noticeable, however, that
the two pieces surayed, by the end
of March were much greener than
the unsprayed plot. It looked
more alive than the usua' brown"
red of the unwaxed portion.
While the main purpose of the
experiment was knocked askew by
uncontrollable weather conditions,
the waxed sections, so much green-
M *
~dry
n Th l h a c t p
since 1938, w~~There
New Englad Hutuit
d d
~~~~~~CRANBERRIES
PHOTO
~second
Santuit bog, showing canals around different pieces.
the line going for a distance of a washed Damage aside from pos-
quarter of a mile underground, sible vine injury, was bad enough:
crossing beneath the main Cape broken dikes, salt-covered berries,
highway (route 28). After use sand carried over some of the
the water is released into Broad vined areas, estimated in all at
Cove. The Onset is a bog which from six to seven thousand do lars.
has not had half a chance to pro-The lower portion of this bogduce since 1938, when the first was originally made from a diked
"New England Hurricane" flooded and freshened salt marsh, as was
a large part of it and damage was the practice of some Cape growersextensive. Again ast September in the past century. These make
in the second New England hurri-good bogs, but they are necessar-
cane the lower portion, or about ily very low. TheOnset bog at its
eight acres, was swept by four to lower end lies between two rather
five feet of salt water driven before sharp rises of land and it would
the howling winds. Part of the be possible to build a high dike
Onset had been picked (although across this from hill to hill. The
some berries were lost, due to the Hammonds have under considera-
flood), and these sections were in tion a project to increase the
after-harvest flood. The lower height of the present dike bydike which had been washed away e'even feet or so, clear across this
was quickly thrown back and with-gap. If carried out this would be
in 48 hours a flood of fresh water almost a "Little Grand Coulee
1Ed been put on to wash away the Dam" project for cranberries in
salt. scope and cost. If such a dam is
What effect this second salt built the expense would have to be
water flood has had has not yet chalked up to "hurricane insurance'
been definitely determined. It is and would not be a part of the
hoped injury was not too severe, ordinary costs of bog building and
as the vines were so quickly operation-just one of the unfore-
Ten
seen problems involving large
costs which sometimes come upon
a grower.
Until February of this year
Smith-Hammond owned a 16-acre
bog at Yarmouth. Then this
was sold in view of its distance
from the other properties and because
of bad labor conditions on
the Cape. iIt was a dry property.
Screenhouses
For preparing the crop for market
Smith-Hammond operates two
screenhouses, one at Carver and
the other at Point Independence.
~duc.~e
is a storage shed at the San-
Berries from this bog are
trucked to, screened and packed at
the Point screenhouse, and naturally
the Carver bog crop is screened
and packed there at Carver.
The Point packing house, while
it can pack a car a day when the
sgoingis especially good, averages
nearer one car in two days when
in operation. There are four Bailey
mills and a complete fall crew
is 17 women sortersfour and men.
The Carver bog packing house
is the more elaborate of the two
and can consistently pack a car a
day. There are four Bailey separators
and a crew of 16 women
and 5 men employed during harvest
season.
At the Carver bog there is a
substantial bog home equipped
with e'ectricity and telephone, and
both Carleton and Dellie, with
their wives, have lived here at the
busiest seasons. This bog is a
home to all the Hammonds.
Tony Oliver, who has worked there
for more than 30 years, has seen
four generations of Hammonds
there, from Irving to Dellie's small
sons.
Carleton, as before stated, has
general supervision of all the
Smith-Hammond bogs, with Delie
as his assistant, but for the past
two years active supervision of the
Carver has been given over to Del-
lie. Carleton takes direct charge
of the Onset and Santuit; assisted
at the latter by Earle Hammond,
son of George Hammond, and no
relation to Carelton and Dellie.
Smith-Hammond Co. has labored
under the universal wartime shortage
of help, perhaps to a higher
extent than some others. The company
honor roll contains the name
of one key-man, Amando Grassi of
Wareham, killed in action; another,
Bradford Holmes of Onset, who
was a prisoner in Germany, now
returned to this country, and eight
others in service, Donald and Arthur
Reynolds, Donald Smith, Ken-.
neth Watts, George Rich and
Bruce Bullard, Shirley Quintal and
Lester Monan.
.......... || .......... ... C B o M a
1t....
State Bog, East Wareham, the afternoon
and evening of July 16th.
PAPERi~ B Iywas I
An inspection of theblue berry
plantation there was made-there
a basket supper and several
instructive talks.
These were by Prof. WilliamSmith of University of New Hamp-
In·`·· "Dellie" andl
Foreman,
hire, Durham, who showed slides
of the b'ueberry industry in general;
Prof. Os C. Boyd of Mass.
Earle Hammond,
talk something
State College,
and explained
who showed slides
blueberry stunt di...
.................. .R
over at the
eservoirResevoi
gate.
sease; and Prof. John S. Bailey,
assistant research professor inastatepomology, also of Mass.State
College.
This associationof blueberrys
growers, organized last year,
showingaa veryhealthy growthetrade, theyin
is
recognizemembership is and makinge fin
CRANBERRIES PHOTO
progress inthe purposeof its organization,
to promote blueberry
culture in Massachusetts.
Prospects for the cu'tivated
blues in Massachusetts, with picking
getting underway the week of
MaGRNMsT crop. Frosts, the hurri____
17_cane last fall and drought last
Blueberry July 16th, mo th
COLBYueass.a normal were not re an half
d anticipated. Among
are privileged to print a valuable Fine armmeprivithose been hadwill have good crops
FieldMeeting who
article upon "The Use of Com-are the Mass. State bog which will
mcrcial Fertilizers on Cranber-have a better than usual producries"~,
by William G. Colby, resi-About 50 enjoyed a very pleas-tion, and the Association presi
ant ana instructive meeting of the dent, J. Foxcroft Carleton of East
dent agronomist of Massachusetts Southeastern Massachusetts Blue-Sandwich, who usua'ly has success-
State College. berry Growers Association at the ful cropping of his bushes.
"Markets Are Purchasing Power"
For forty years our management has sold cranberries
to markets all over the country. We know the trade, they
recognize our fortitude in packing and shipping superior
quality cranberries.
Increasing market demand for "SUITS-US BRAND"
pack requires a greater volume of supply.
We need...... more and more cranberries.
-COLLEY CRANBERRY COMPANY
Plymouth, Mass.
. Office ......-.... ' · Plymouth -1622
17 Court Street ' .' ' T:elephone
Eleven
* *--* ——* — * -— * * — — *--**
Help Our Boys
to get the
Happy Smile of
Complete Victory
The smile they will have when peace is achieved and the fighting of this war is
stopped all over the world. We can help to hasten that day in many ways.
The nation's harvest season is just ahead. The cranberry harvest is a part of that
harvest. We are doing our best to produce our share of a healthful food the war-torn
world needs. We will keep on doing our best-and we'll also keep on buying bonds.
We want that "complete victory smile" soon.
This is the 38th of a series of war-time messages sponsored by the following public-
spirited firms and individuals.
Jesse A. Holmes & Son Fuller-Hammond Co.
Slocum-Cibbs Cranberry Co.
Sawmills at Carver, Mass. Onset, Mass.
RUEL S. GIBBS, Gen. Mgr. Tel. Carver 10-3 ROBT. C. HAMMOND
Decas Smith-Hammond Co. Acushnet Saw Mills Co.
Cranberry Company Pt. Independence, Mass. New Bedford, Mass.
Growers and Shippers of CARLETON D. HAMMOND
General Manager GOOD WOOD BOXES
CAPE COD CRANBERRIES CARLETON D. HAMMOND, JR.IWareham, Mass. Ass't General Manager Est. 1865
Wareham, Mass.
L. B. R. BARKER H. R. BAILEY CO. ELLIS D. ATWOOD
Buzzards Bay
South Carver, Mass. South Carver, Mass.
Mass.
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GA S ~ISSUE OF AUGUST, 1945
+;~t~l
Vol. 10 No. 4
CHANGES BEING MADE CRANBERRIES -WAREHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
ofwhetheran "over-all" Subscription $2.60 per year
EGARDLESS
REGARDLESS of whether an overAdvertising rates upon application
cooperative, handling both fresh and
processed fruit-some unified set-up of a Editor and Publisher
group of cooperatives-or no major CLARENCE J. HALL
change is made because of the Survey, the
survey is having definite effects upon the LEMUEL C HALL
cranberry industry. Changes are being Associate Editor
made already, apparently along the lines __
of progress. CORRESPONDENTS-ADVISORS
The survey brought out into frank dis-CORRESPONDENTS-ADVISORS
cussion in the industry phases which had Wisconsin
not been so widely debated previously. VERNON GOLDSWORTHY
This self-imposed outside analysis of the Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin
Cranberry Canners, the Exchange, and _
State Companies pointed out both the
"strengths" and weaknesses" as found by Wasngon-on
Booz, Allen & Hamilton. It has ever been J. D. CROWLEY
an accepted axiom that there is no standing Cranberry Specialist
still, there is either progress or decline. ETEL M. KRANIKB
Out of the present "ferment" in the indus-Bandon, Oregon
try is coming some degree of change. The
cooperatives in a way have been weakened
by developments; in another sense
they may have gained in solidity. The DR. HENRY J. FRANKLIN
cooperatives may emerge more influential Director Mass. State Cranberry Experiment Station
in the cranberry field, or "independents" BERTRAM TOMLINSON
make gains-how the industry reacts as a
whole will determine. Barnstable County Agricultural Agent
At any rate the cranberry industry is Barnstable, Mass.
voluntarily "taking stock" at the moment New Jersey
the entire world is in process of a stocktaking
to meet the conditions of the post-CHARLES A. DOEHLERT,
war era-whatever they may be. New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station,
Pemberton, New Jersey
BIG QUESTION-SIZE OF CROP Pemberton, New Jersey
THIS is the "guessing" season for the ket for all that can be produced. The
size of the crop. This always popu-only flaw in the picture is the question of
lar and often futile game is now in full sugar supply and that does not seem to be
swing. As early as this, "estimates" can causing too much worry. Growers can
be little more than guesses, growers chang-scarcely hope this "sellers' market" can
ing their estimates from morning to after-continue indefinitely without interruption,
noon. On only one thing this year is there but again this year, at least, they are in
unity-that is, there will be a ready mar-this fortunate position.
Survey Report have been distributed by aration of these survey copies, CCI
f P CCI, and are being sent out as fast is sending them only to such mem
(Continued from Page 5) as requests from members come bers as make request to the Comthis
members themselves have been in. Current issue of CCI Cran-pany at Hanson, while those on
urged to assist. berry Cooperative News urges the West Coast are to request
Directors have authorized the members who wish to read this them from their local CCI offices.
investigation of the possibility for volume of the survey for them-In a foreward of members'
cranberries in the frozen food field, selves, and also the volume specif-copies of the Survey report, re-
Sourvey
and it seems likely the company ically concerning CCI, to send in lating to Cranberry Canners,
will do considerable experimental their requests. These latter vol-alone, CCI will say that all
work along these lines this season. umes are expected to be printed recommendations of the Survey
Well more than 100 copies of and available not later than Aug-are receiving consideration of the
the over-all volume of the Survey ust 10th. Because of cost of prep-directors; that some of the recom-
Thirteen
mendations pertain to matters
which the directors and manage-
ment were already aware of and
were giving attention, and that
other steps will progressively be
made. "Progress will be made by
evolution and not by revolution",
the notice stresses, as was recom-
mended by the Survey, this fore-
word says.
Among the recommendations
acted upon or under consideration
have been the appointment of a
full time executive accountant,
Garland C. Boothe, and complying
with recommendation of reorgan-
ization of CCI's accounting struc-
ture, the report says: "Mr. Boothe
now has assumed full charge of
the accounting department and its
procedure, and will give special
attention to those recommendations
of the Survey pertaining to ac-
counting control... Mr. Harold W.
Ellis has been made Internal
Auditor, and in addition to his continuous
internal audit, an annual
out side audit will also be made by
auditors to be selected by the
Stockholders."
Personnel of Booz, Allen &
Hami'ton is engaged in finding a
man to recommend as assistant to
Mr. Urann.
Regarding recommendation that
the item of "Good Will" should be
written down more consistently,
reported action is: "In the year
ending May 31, 1941 the policy of
reducing Good Will by at least
$25,000 a year was adopted. The
year ending 1943, it was necessary
to interrupt that policy because of
war-time handicaps, but in 1945
we returned to that policy, and the
Good Will was marked down by
$100,000 the year ending May 31,
1945, leaving a balance of $126,686.36."
Criticisms that New Egypt and
Plymouth p'ants are idle property,
reported action is that New Egypt
has been sold, and consideration
is now being given to the wisdom
of disposing of the Plymouth plant
which was purchased at a time
when critically needed for dehy-
We Have Listings of
Cranberry Bogs, Large and Small
FOR SALE
Geo. A. Cole Agency
WILDA HANEY
Decas Block
Wareham, Massachusetts
dration to meet Government re-
quirements, but the plant can be
put to other uses and these are
being weighed against advisability
of disposal. Gurnee, Illinois plant,
which was purchased for dehydra-
tion and storage to meet war con-
diticns, also has been sold.
Concerning freezer requirements,
as mentioned in Survey, the action
has been that freezing plants are
being erected at North Chicago%
Marksham, Washington, and Han-
son. CCI hopes some berries may
be frozen from this fal's crop, as
well as a new line of frozen
orange-cranberry relish.
Concerning better fire protection
at plants, a fire wall has been
erected at Hanson plant, and costs
of sprinkler systems for all plants
are being investigated, except for
Bordentown, which has such a
system.
Features of loans from Spring-
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field Bank for Cooperatives questioned,
have been removed, and to
the criticism that wider distribution
of stock among CCI grower
members, action reported is, that
stock membership has been steadily
drawig closer to patronage
basis.
The recommendation for increasing
equity capital by reducing
presently too-high loan balance is
reported as being taken up by purchase
of the newly-authorized 4
per cent Preferred Stock by members,
which will increase equity
capital.
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of food in the most difficult food year since the war began 1945.
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Pumps, screenhouse equipment, separators, etc.,
Growers who are considering installation of sprinkler systems for next spring
should get in touch with us as soon as possible.
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give you the service and equipment wanted. Please don't delay in letting us
know your requirements as far ahead as you can anticipate them.
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Fresh from the Fields
ies
resnrom e
(ontinued from Page 5)
stances here and there have heavy
doses, but these are definitely the
exception. State Bog, for in-
stance, which was treated twice
last year, was not treated at all
this season. Scarcity of fruitworm
this year is a positive factor in
favor of Massachusetts crop pros-
pects. It has been a light insect
season a'l around for Massachu-
setts.
TTCape Outlook Down -Crop
prospects are much stronger in
Plymouth County than in Barn-
stable, where many, many grow-
ers are due for another bad year.
This failure of the crop to come
through with good prospects is a
main reason why Massachusetts
will not have a "big" crop-it is
when the dry bogs of the Cape and
in fact all Cape bogs come through
with heavy production-as in 1937
-that Massachusetts has its ex-
ceptionally big years.
¶[March Temperatures-Regard-
ing mean temperature and size
Dr. Franklin wrote in the weather
bulletin, p. 88: "There was a high
correlation between the temper-
atures of March and cranberry
size, the apparent chances being
7 to 1 that cranberries will be
large after a March mean temper-
ature above 38 at Middleboro and
8 to 1 they will be small after
this temperature has been below
34."
(April issue of CRANBERRIES
conjectured upon this possibly, re-
porting that the mean for March
at Middleboro town pumping sta-
tion was 44.26.)A.
11Frosts Cut Somewhat-Failure
of prospects for a big crop to
offset last year's scanty produc-
tion, in spite of much recovery
from last summer's drought and
the winterki'l of '43-44 is also laid
to frost losses of more than five
per cent and to possible injury by
repeated flowing for the large
number of frosts and prospective
frosts all through April and May
and into the first days of June.
NEW JERSEY
¶[No Big Crop-Early prospects
which had been fairly cheerful, as
in Massachusetts, have been
dimmed, and while Jersey may
have a bigger crop than last year
(some guess around 65,000 bbls.)
it will not be a heavy production.
During early July growers were
widely divergent in their opinion
of what the prospects were. It
appeared certain that prospects
were off in Ocean county, where
there had been three bad spring
frosts, as this damage definitely
showed up.
-_July Bad-There was practi-
cally no sun from early July on,
and heavy rains, a storm of Sunday,
the 22nd, being accompanied
by a terrific thunderstorm and
hail. Some bogs were badly flood-
ed for from 12 to 15 hours. The
damage is bound to be heavy and
to effect most bogs in the state.
A number did look very good, had
set well and were growing well.
But with the lack of sun and the
rains, fungi in Jersey becomes ad-
ditionally serious.
JULY NOTES
C hlJuly
Doelert
Isaiah Haines, superintendent of
Whitesbog, is dusting 106 acres of
bog by airplane, with a 50-50 Fer-
WAREHAM, MASS.
mate dust, using 20 Ibs. of the
mixture per acre. The dilutnt
being used is talc. He is also
dusting considerable acreage with
the ground duster.
Theodore Budd is dusting 58
acres of bog by airp'ane with
straight Fermate dust, 8 lbs. per
acre. His schedule is to put this
on three times, three weeks apart,
beginning July 12.
In each case, these dusting operations
are of an experimental nature
under the auspices of the bog
owner.
Up to July 24
Rain during nine days (83/4
inches) has spoiled much blueberry
fruit through splitting, knocking
oft', and overripeness due to impossibility
of harvesting. There is a
possibility that 20 to 25% of the
already small crop has been lost
in this way.
Heavy rain Sunday, July 22,
around Pemberton (5.10 inches in
about 2 hours) caused flooded
cranberry bogs. Where drainage
is good this flood was removed in
24 hours, probably without damage
to the young berries.
WISCONSIN
¶fSeason Late-The season was
very late and most of the marshes
were not in full bloom in July,.
while those in the northern part
are not likely to make it by the
end of the month. This would
mean smaller berries and berries
of poorer color-unless there is
very, very favorable weather during
August and until mid-Septem
ber.
Cold-Bloom was a little
better than expected on some bogs,
but with weather unfavorable
(nights cold, 34 °, July 16), July
did little to improve crop pros-
Seventeen
pects.-·With' no definite reportavailable, prospects remain verymuch under the crop of last year.
iTSummary-With no direct re-
ports from the West Coast, where
conditions were good, the outlook
for the total cranberry crop is
not high-something over 600,-
000, but perhaps not more than
625,000 may be in prospect, but
end of July is too early for accur-
ate prediction.
Ex-rirn~t \A/^
Experiment WAith
1*ikl AtLused
prin iers At
t il Bl
Stilian Bog
_____ ° ^
An experimental sprinkler sys-r
tem has been installed on a sec-
tion 90 by 110 feet on the bogoperated by Miss Ellen Stillman
and father at Hanson, Mass., this
piece being between two other
sections of approximately the
same size and exposure. With the
latter two unsprinkled on either
side and sprinklers used on the
middle strip, it is expected a gooddemonstration of what sprinklers
can do may be obtained.
So far this summer Nature has
provided the optimum of rain nec-
essary and the system has not
been used by Miss Stillman, but if
August now coming in is as dry
as it has been the past few yearsthere should be opportunity to test
the system for irrigation. One of
the primary purposes of the ex-
periment is to determine what ef-
feet this sprinkler irrigation will
have on the size and the quantityof berries,
Sprinkler heads are simplysmall, revolving sprinklers. A 2
inch Deming centrifugal pump and
a 22 horse power International
JARI POWER SCYTHE
Cut w i gi
Cuts weeds, grass, brushee,
Write for details
THE C LAP PE CO.
FORMERLY NEW ENGLAND TORO CO.
FORMERLY NEW
1121 WASHINGTON ST.
WEST NEWTON 65, MASS.
engine are being used to give all
the pressure and horsepower that
could possibly be needed for this
initial experiment. For this rea-
son, large pipe sizes were used
throughout to eliminate friction
losses and to concentrate attention
on the performance of different
nozzles. The main is 4 inch pipewith 2/2 inch headers. This set-
up will give rain drops when oper-
ating at low pressure, and mist
when operating at high pressure,
so that experiments can be made
mist vs. dropsPwithfor irrigation,
frost protection, quantity of water
and results achieved. The
installation was by A. S. Conant of
the Acme Engineering Co. who
is working along on the experiment
with the Stillmans.
A S Twili t
/Mass. IWilighi
Insect Meetings
Prove Popular
That informal twilight meetingsfor Massachusetts cranberry grow-
ers, arranged by the Extension
Services of Plymouth and Barn-
stable counties, continue to meet
with full approval of the growers,
especially in the former area, is
proven by large attendances at
"fruitworm meetings" ear y in
July. These meetings providedopportunity for growers to keep
up to date on the cranberry fruit-
worm and its control measures.
Either Dr. Franklin or his as-
sistant, Joe Kelley, or both, were
present at all six meetings held,
showing growers how t-make
accurate egg counts, explaining
how to obtain best control and to
answer individual questions which
were in the minds of growers.
Calco Rainmaker
Portable Steel Pipe
Buckner Sprinklers
Overhead Irrigation
Jari Power Scythe
36" Sickle Mower
Milorganite
-' ^l'« .'I-~rassb
Organic 6%7 Nitrogen Fertilizer
THE CLAPP E R CO.
FORMERLY NEW ENGLAND TORO CO.
112121 WASHINGTON ST.
WEST NEWTON 65, MASS.
| PHONE BIGELOW 7900
These meetings were at the Hiller
Bros. bog at Rochester, At-
wood Cranberry Company bog at
Carver, the Beaton Wine Brook
bog at Monponsett, and the Loringbog at Duxbury in Plymouth county
and at the J. B. Atkins bog,
Pleasant Lake and the John Simpkins
bog, Yarmouth, on the Cape.
Attendances in Plymouth countyranged from 40 to about 80 at the
Atwood bog. Notices of the meetings
were sent out in advance bythe Extension offices and carried a
note of warning from Dr. Franklin
regarding the precautions to be
taken in the use of rotenone materials.
Heavy Loss In
o Fir
creenhouse Fire
A Warehan
A big screenhouse owned by E.
L. Bartholomew at Pierceville
section, Wareham, was completelydestroyed in a spectacular fire
about 8 o'clock the evening of
July 23 with heavy loss. Mr. Bar-
tho'omew has estimated the building
alone, which was 70x50 feet,
could not be replaced for $10,000.
Besides the loss of the well-built
building, its contents, consisting of
5,000 picking boxes, 1,000 or more
shipping boxes in shook form, two
separators, conveyors, and other
screening equipment, were totallydestroyed. Also there were scoops,
wheelbarrows, and various other
pieces of bog equipment, a ton
and a half truck, and considerable
valuable furniture which was temporarily
in storage.
For Farm, Or r or Truck Garden. Easilyand qukly d any irrigation ppe.
ln
Heavy duty ss and bronze construction
ri Pr rings-no oil or grese re-
lubricated
quired. No moving parts to rapidly
wear out. Magnum eev'erag-even 4ntri
wear out. mcovoeven dri.
bution.
.:Wre u and p.
THE CLAPPER co.
FORMERLY NEW ENGLAND TORO CO.
1121 WASHINGTON ST.
WEST NEWTON 65, MASS.
PHONE BIGELOW 7900
BWUCKNER MANUFACTURING CO.(;,
1615 Blackstone Av., Frese, California
PHONE 7900 BIGELOW e
Eighteen
rnsurance covered only part of are. Btckner-Hammerhead sprink-SYMPATHY TO -MR.
the loss. The fire occurring not lers with the main line Transite AND MRS. H. F. BAIN
far before harvest time was an pipe. The pumping unit is
additional bad fact. Mr. Barthol-mounted on a steel base and in
omew believes the fire may have eludes an American Marsh centrif-Sympathy of the industry is ex-
been caused by boys playing in ugal pump and a 10 HP, three tended to Mr. and Mrs. Henry F.
the building. phase 220/400 motor with a flex-Bain of Wisconsin Rapids in the
ible coupling. T h e s e electric death of their eldest son, Henry F.
MaKnepeace Co ~.s sprinkling systems seem to be very Bain, Jr. He was a tail gunner in
efficient. a bomber on duty in the Philip-
James O'Brien has a 3 HP three pines.
Given "A Awward phase motor operating his station
ary sprayer instead of the old gas
engine, and is finding it very ef-A j _ Xp A
A. D. Makepeace Company has ficient. Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien are FLEX O just
received the Achievement also building an electric vacuum
"A" award of the U. S. Depart-picker, larger than the little "fur-PORTABLE
ment of Agriculture for outstand-nace cleaner" they had the last
ing accomplishment in food pro-two seasons, and will use a three PRESSURE-TIGHT
cessing, Clyde N. Smith, District phase motor on the new picker.
Representative of the office of The O'Briens like the electric IRRIGATION PIPE
supply, U. S. D. A., announces. pickers because they are lighter
Standards for the "A" award in than the large gas engine pickers For Overhead Sprinkler Systems
the food field are comparable to most of the growers have. Last
those of the Army-Navy "E" in year they harvested their crop
other war-time production. The with the aid of one, and part time,
.
firm 'will receive an "A" flag as a two, of the little electric cleaners.
symbol of its production record. Their little picker has a two inch Showing Flexibility of Pipe Joint
(This production achievement of suction hose, and the new one
the Makepeace Company in its de-will have one 3 inch suction hose
hydrated pack of "Crannies", was and a larger fan and motor.
featured in March, 1944 issue of Most of the Grayland growers Femae End
CRANBERRIES). prefer the gas engine-driven suc-Male End
Plans for a ceremony in which tion pickers and there are many Write Distributors below for full details:
the "A" flag will be officially pre-new ones being made for the com-Miller Irrigation Co., Inc., Williamstown,
sented to the company by Army ing harvest. There will be about N. Y.
officers, and pins to the employees 30 of the very large-size pickers, Lewis W. Barton, Haddonfield, New Jersey
by representatives of War Food powered by a 20 HP gas engine, Farm Bureau Ass'n, 155 Lexington St.,
Administration on August 13th similar to that of A. V. Anderson's Waltham 54, Mass.
are being made by Russell Make-last year. Previously, growers W.dale MaVss, gAe ,
peace of the Company and the U. have used a 9 HP engine and one Frank E. Shepard, Shepard Farms, Wood-
S. D. A. representative. This will or two three inch suction hoses, bury, Conn.
be at the plant at Wareham. but with the 20 horse engines they Ideal Equipment Co., 540 Grand Ave.,
______ will use one or two 4-inch suction Port Washington, Wis.
hoses, which is expected to ad-Manufactured by
vance the rate of picking very ma-Chicago Metal Mfg. Co., Chicago 32, Ill.
Grayland Growers terially.
Using Electrical
Equipment More THOMAS BROTHERS
Washington Bogs In Some
Instances Will Have Co-General C ractors
pletely Automatic Sprink-
ler Systems.
.-. —~~ MASS.
.MIDDLEBORO,
E. C. Johnson, H. J. Bailey and
H. T. Davidson will eventually elidleboro72
have completely automatic sprinkler
controls (although at present
having difficulty in getting the Concrete Flumes and Pumpwells
thermostatic controls), so at the
moment their systems are not Transit Mix Concrete
automatic. When these controls
are installed, the sprinklers will
start at a certain minimum tem-Complete Line of Construction Equipment
perature for frost control, and
stop a'gain when the temperature Excavating -Grading -Hauling
rises above the danger minimum;
the sprinklers will also start at
a certain minimum temperature Leave the Tough Jobs for Us
for heat damage control, and stop
again when the temperature low-Our Experience is Your Guarantee
ers to the safe one again.
The equipment covers about 13/4
to 2 acres of bog. Installations
Nineteen
NEW USE FOR SPRAYER,
New use for a cranberry sprayer
was achieved at a dwelling fire r
in Wareham, Mass., last month,
when Jeremiah Murphy, cranberry
grower, and member of the volunteer
fire department, filled the
tank on his truck sprayer and
hitched it up to a department Has played its part in bringing the crops of the
pumper. The blaze was out of
pumper. The blazen was out of nation to the harvest that lies ahead.
the fire district and water was
badly needed. Murphy was at his
bog, saw the smoke billowng up, Efficiency is necessary in producing the food this
reialized there were no hydrants
in the location of the blaze, filled hungry world needs, and electricity can make for
his 100-gallon tank at the last
town hydrant and proceeded on greater effciency.
to the fire.
INSECTICIDE CONTROL
BEGINNING TO EASE
Government controls are beginning
to lift over insecticides and lymo th ouny lectrIc 0
fungacide materials, current issue ou
of AIF News (bulletin of Agricul-WA AM LYMOUTH
tural and Fungicide Associations, WARHAM PLYMOUTH
says. WPB is easing up as fast asel 200 Tel 300conditions justify, on many raw
materials and some finished products
in the agricultural and fungicide
field. WFA's industry avvisory
committee has held probab
ly its last meeting, adjourning sine BUY VVAR BONDS AND STAMPS
die and subject only to emergency
call.
We Handle Cape Cod Cranberries
Exclusively
Growers using our service are assured of an outlet for their ENTIRE
CROP AT TOP PRICES AND PROMPT RETURNS.
Our connections supply both the ARMED FORCES and CIVILIAN
TRADE with FRESH CRANBERRIES, CANNED SAUCE, and DEHYDRATED
CRANBERRIES.
Serving the Cranberry Industry
For Over 25 Years
BEATON'S DISTRIBUTING AGENCY
Wareham, Massachusetts Tel. Wareham 130
Twenty
LET'S LOOK AT THE RECORD
We feel it our duty to keep the growers informed as
to Canned Cranberry Sauce. You receive data as to the
"fresh berry market" and it is imperative that you receive
authentic information regarding the berries you deliver to
canning factories.
Below are the figures showing the "actual cases of
Cranberry Sauce packed" during the past ten years.
Year Actual Cases Packed
1935 917,771
1936 1,108,670
1937 1,689,586
1938 1,302,264
1939 1,927,901
1940 1,993,062
1941 2,592,751
1942 2,533,988
1943 1,672,156
1944 1,545,681
The above figures represent the "TOTAL PACK OF
AT LEAST SEVEN CANNERS OF CRANBERRY SAUCE
and the THREE CANNERS packing the greater part of
the TOTAL PACK" are included in the SEVEN.
MIN-OT FOOD PACKERS, INC.
Represented by
BEATON'S DISTRIBUTING AGENCY
..~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Since 1907
NEW ENGLAND CRANBERRY SALES COMPANY-
As the unit of American Cranberry Exchange, with the
largest annual production, has been of great value in bringing
about and maintaining the orderly marketing of the
cranberry crop.
This stabilizing influence of a strong New England Cranberry
Sales Company will be needed more than ever in the
postwar era-whatever the conditions of this period may be.
NEW ENGLAND CRANBERRY SALES COMPANY recognized
this obligation on its part, and is taking positive steps
to be in position as this stabilizing asset to the industry-and
in greater measure than in the past, if possible.
NEW ENGLAND CRANBERRY SALES CO.
9 Station Street
MIDDLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS
"The Fresh Cranberry Cooperative"
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